I thought happiness was so many things, but never once found what I thought I was looking for. After years of searching, I think I have worked out what went wrong. I assumed happiness was a constant state, something we find, and get to possess forevermore. This isn't how happiness works. There are very few constant emotional states in our life. Seeking happiness as a constant makes it hard to find. Happiness is natural, it just happens, it cannot be forced. Just allow it to happen...