Happiness to me is a state free of anxiety which would then mean that I am managing my life correctly and responsibly. It is when I can say to myself with utter conviction...."You did good Pat, you did good" be it helping someone, someone telling me they love me, balancing my accounts, that I was honest, willing and accepting without judgement. Is it a state of bliss, I dont know. But I know that in reality to experience true happiness one must have experienced true sadness at some point otherwise we have nothing to measure it against.