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Are you truly really happy?

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Happiness? What connotes this word? How do we define it? Do we just define it literally or does it have a deeper meaning? The Wikipedia has this to say about it. To quote “ Happiness is a mental or emotional state of well-being characterized by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy”. Well being?  From what? Physically, emotionally, mentally, psychologically, spiritually and financially? If we are in the state of being well in all these aspects, Are we going to be truly really happy?  To some people happiness is simple. They count their blessings, even how little they have, like a bit of food, a small house, a meager salary, a simple life, they are contented and just the thought of having to be alive and breathing is happiness to them. But is that all? Are they truly really happy with just that? I wonder…  To others it means a lot of things. Money , fame, cars, big houses, travels, business and anything that money can buy is happiness to