They might come a time in our lives when we may ask our selves are we really happy. Sometimes we might not think we are truly happy, and we might put up a front to keep a friend or loved one from confronting us about being dismayed, and try to cover up any melancholy feelings. Most of us do a good job with hiding temporally depression I expect. However, despair can eventually lead to problems that affect us and our loved ones. Some depression is medical and should always be dealt with by a health care professional. However, they are times when we are just not feeling up to par and just need a little encouragement to keep our happiness on track.

Everyone feels low at times and has temporary bouts with depression. It is just human nature to feel defeated at times and feel that we are not happy when in reality we have ever reason to be content. This could be the time when we need to count our blessings, and thank the lord for what we do have.

When this happens in my life, I look at the folks that are a lot worse off than me. I count my blessings and find I am more than blessed, probably much more than I deserve. I bet most of those other folks are counting their blessings also and finding that they are blessed as even others are worst off than they are. Counting your blessings is a way to realize how much you are regarded as human. It lets us know where we stand and what we deserve.
Defining our happiness is something we all need to realize for ourselves. Finding what makes us happy may not be what makes others happy. So how do we define the factors that make us happy?

Theoretically the things we all need in life to be happy are-- prosperity, love, and health. Some folks might include Faith which would certainly be a factor, but we either have faith already are we don’t. Faith does make other things that we don’t have a lot easer to accept. Troubles and sorrows will always be bestowed upon us. Sometimes sorrow is a way of life.
But it’s not for us to always be sad. Our trials and tribulations build character and make things worth waiting on when happiness does suddenly appears in our lives. Health and love would certainly be a plus and even love by its self love can bring much joy without the other two factors.

If we won bundles of cash from the Lotto or from some other source, would that make us happy? Some might define this as happy. I suppose paying off bills and suddenly becoming debt free would make a lot of us happy but prosperity will not stand on it’s own. Having wealth is not a determining factor in happiness. Remember you can never buy Happiness, just material things that might give us a false appearance of being happy.

If we knew that we have a clean bill of health from our Doctor, would that make us happy? What If we were to combine all three factors; money, love–and health that would be a utopia for most folks How many of us could handle that much unbridled joy?

So what do we search for to find total happiness? Happiness is a value that we must earn by helping others’ find it. If we have found our life partner, someone that we know loves us could be the ultimate happiness,-- the top of the hill. I could not be any happier than having my wife by my side. Nothing else matters but her. Her happiness is my objective, and having her happy make’s me happy. Having someone close in our life could be our key to felicity, I truly believe it is for me.