How do you define happiness?

How do you define happiness?

Lynn Ianni (Psychotherapist) gives expert video advice on: How do you define happiness?; Does everyone have the ability to be happy?; What are the essential ingredients of happiness? and more...

I think happiness is a level of contentment that exists within a person so that, basically, on any given day, they walk around feeling like "Everything's OK in my world. The world's an OK place." It really is that old adage about "I'm OK and you're OK." So, "Other people, the world, and me. All is well in my life." Then, occasionally, when you're generally happy, you have little bursts of excitement or enthusiasm that just feel like moments of joy. I think it's that base line of contentment with those moments of joy that actually define happiness.