I don't have the recipe for happiness, but I think the engine is simply having the desire.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Happiness is not something that just comes to you. It's an active process.
Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
Scientifically, happiness is a choice. It is a choice about where your single processor brain will devote its finite resources as you process the world.
Happiness isn't getting what you want, it's wanting what you got.
Happiness consumes itself like a flame. It cannot burn for ever, it must go out, and the presentiment of its end destroys it at its very peak.
Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
The drive for happiness is vital; it's what keeps us in motion.
Happiness is ideal, it is the work of the imagination.
I think the secret to happiness is having a Teflon soul. Whatever comes your way, you either let it slide or you cook with it.
Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run to weeds.