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1. Happiness is having a nice picture of your life in your head despite the fact that many pieces of the puzzle are missing.
2. Happiness is feeling that everything makes sense, although your life is a chaos.
3. Happiness is looking inside yourself and liking what you see.
4. Happiness is looking at the mirror and accepting what you see, even though you might not like it.
5. Happiness is being alone without feeling lonely.
6. Happiness is having hope in a brighter future.
7. Happiness is letting your energy flow, no matter what.
8. Happiness is being able to empty out your mind, forget everything for some minutes, and enjoy the sunshine, the sea breeze, or the taste/smell of a cup of coffee in your favourite cafeteria.
9. Happiness is making what it takes to follow the path you want to follow, because it makes you less unhappy…
   
10. Happiness is self-awareness and awareness because, without them, the world would be like a moon inhabited by rocks.
11. Happiness is having your basic needs satisfied because, otherwise, there is no doubt that you are unhappy.
12. Happiness is being healthy because, otherwise, you could be sick or dead, and therefore very unhappy.
13. Happiness is having peace in the country you live because, otherwise, you might be in war and there is no possible happiness without peace.
14. Happiness is sleeping soundly.
15. Happiness is being thankful for what you have, despite the fact that you don't have many things.
16. Happiness is living your life with integrity, coherence and ethics, despite the fact that you believe that there is not heaven or God.
17. Happiness is accepting that your life is full of mistakes, because they have helped you to learn and move on.
18. Happiness is laughing out loud at a comedy, a joke, a kitten play, or a baby smile and feeling that this is enough to keep you going during the day.
19. Happiness is caressing your cat (or your pet) when is on your laps, or hugging it when sleeps with you.
20. Happiness is being in love with someone and being loved back.
21. Happiness is having sex with a “god”/”goddess” despite the fact that you are not part of the Olympus.
22. Happiness is the satisfaction you feel when you are able to materialise and create something that is in your head by writing, painting, photographing, photoshopping, or whatever.
23. Happiness is eating something you really, really like, and not feeling guilty afterwards because it has too much fat or too many calories.
24. Happiness is being on paid holidays and travelling.
25. To end with something definitive... Groucho Marx said, "happiness is made of little things: a little yacht, a little mansion, a little fortune…”  

What makes YOU happy? What is happiness to YOU?