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Whatisthedefinitionof“happiness?”Isitmaterialwealthfilledwithfancycars，adreamhouse，extravagantfursandjewelry?Orishappinesssimplyhavingaroofoveryourhead?Foodinthefridge?Havingachild?Apet?Aswimmingpool?AdesignerGuccibag?Parents?Grandchildren?Love?Moheperfectjob?WinningtheLottery?
AcctotheAmeriHeritageDiary，“happiness”isderivedfromtheMiddleEnglishwordhap—meaning“Luck.”Butdoeshappinessreallyhaveanythingtodowith“luck?”Basedonthisdescription，onecouldassumethatifyouavoidedafataltrafficactbutgotfiredbyinglatetowork，youwouldbefilledwith“happiness?”Isitluckorwhatyoumakeofit?Maybe，“happiness”isexactlydefinedbyitsialias:happiness—perhaps，happinessisinfactdefinedbythefortuhatwepermittohappen.
Doyourecallatime—let’ssaywhenyouwereabout5yearsold—whatdefinedhappinessbackthen?WasitgettingapuppyforChristmas?Ormaybe，youwereachildofdivordallyouwantedwasforMomandDadtogetbacktogetheragain?Thenasyougotolder，youwerehopingthatsomeonewouldaskyoutothepromthatwould’vemadeyourday，maybeyourlifeforthemoment.Duringcollege，goodgradesmadeyouhappy，butitwasshort-lived.Becauseintherealworld，youhadtolookforajob，andpetitionwasstark.It’sanemployer’sworldyouthought.Butthen，yougottheperfectjob—nowyoucouldbehappy—orcouldyou?
Liferequiresmorethanjustwhatwewant.Iably，onemustuandtotrulyfind“happiness，”hemustmakehisoiness“happen”.Soundsabitredundant，buttruthfully，thereisguidelihatwillbringonehappiness.Thereisno“magid”wewavetjoyintoourlives.Humannaturethrivesohrillofthechase.Wedreamandwehopeforthebigbreak—itisthegrandadventureofliving.