“Thentellme，”Iasked，“whenwasthelasttimeyouthinkyouwerehappy？”
“April1967.”hesaid.
’sanswerremindedmethatwhenwethinkabouthappiness，weusuallythinkofsomethingextraordinary，apinnacleofsheerdelight—andthosepinnaclesseemtogetrarertheolderweget.
Forachild，-outsinnewlycuthay，playingcopsandrobbersinthewoods，，kidsalsoexperiencelows，buttheirdelightatsuchpeaksofpleasureaswinningaraceorgettinganewbikeisunreserved.
’sconditionalonsuchthingsasexcitement，love，-alike.
Inadulthoodthethingsthatbringprofoundjoy—birth，love，marriage—，sexisn’talwaysgood，，happinessiscomplicated.
Mydictionarydefineshappyas“lucky”or“fortunate，”butIthinkabetterdefinitionofhappinessis“thecapacityforenjoyment.”
Themorewecanenjoywhatwehave，’seasytooverlookthepleasurewegetfromlovingandbeingloved，thecompanyoffriends，thefreedomtolivewhereweplease，andevengoodhealth.
，，Ienjoyedtheirnoiseafterthequietoftheday.
Later，peacedescendedagain，andmyhusbandandIenjoyedanotherpleasure—.
，somementionedseeminglyinsignificantmoments.“Ihateshopping，”onefriendsaid.“butthere’saclerkwhoalwayschatsandreallycheersmeup.”Anotherfriendlovesthetelephone“Everytimeitrings，Iknowsomeoneisthinkingaboutme.”
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-grandmother，whoraised14childrenandtookinwashing，，，perhapsitwasbecauseshedidn’texpectlifetobeverydifferent.
We，ontheotherhand，withsomanychoicesandsuchpressuretosucceedineveryarea，haveturnedhappinessintoonemorethingwe“gottahave.”We’resoself-consciousaboutour“right”toitthatit’，withoutnoticingthatthepeoplewhohavethosethingsaren’tnecessarilyhappier.
Whilehappinessmaybemorecomplexforus，’taboutwhathappenstous—it’’stheknackoffindingapositiveforeverynegative，’snotwishingforwhatwedon’thave，butenjoyingwhatwedopossess.
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