To me ... happiness is a state of mind. It is something that is fundamentally linked with everything we do. We want a family, friends, sports, arts, pretty much ANYTHING, why? Happiness. The same thing goes for anything that you are motivated towards. And as for the things that you don't necessarily want in you're life, well you do things that will hopefully prevent this unhappiness that accompanies them.

What makes me happy are the relationship's i've built in my life. Unfortunately relationships with people are so emotionally based that a lot of the time, unhappiness has an annoying habbit of following along. Especially in the family category.

Why is this so hard? Because life is not an easy feet. If happiness is in fact our purpose to life, then why should it be easy? Its something we have to work for, and if we do reach this goal, even momentarily, it is an accomplishment in my eyes ...