LOVE this thread!!!! I love a good, hearty, passionate discussion on philosophical issues. Such as this one. I believe that happiness is, like so many other things, based on perception. We each define happiness for ourselves. What make me happy might not make you happy. So how do you measure happiness? When the definition is not even set? This is one of the beauties of life. Humans are not definable. We are complex, intertwined, living, pulsing, beings with body, soul, and mind. Life is effervescent, not easily pinned down. And that is the best part about it, for me.