True Happiness

A friend would occasionally ask: "Are you happy?" Generally, most of us can say a resounding yes. Some may be happy with their business or work yet may not be happy with a situation at home or vice versa. Others are doing great but worry about health. Can you say that you are entirely happy? Or two out of three ain't bad. Listen to Meatloaf: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2G-DKOGFbc Whatever it is, if you look around you - countries with severe floods or other calamities then we have nothing to complain. Perspective checked. Is this to say that being in Singapore, we can only be happy? What is Happiness? Being happy is to be "glad, content, to feel lucky, fortunate, casual, light-hearted, gay, merry, lively, cheerful, bright, jovial, pleased, joyous, satisfied, prosperous." (Gay of course has some other meanings.) So many words to described a certain feeling or situation so don't tell me that you are not in one of them. How can that be? Defining happi...