Revision of what Happiness means

My definition of happiness has changed a couple times since the very first post that I had made. First, I thought it was more about the things that made each individual happy and that happiness was then different for everyone. After class discussions and reading Deep Economy, I was able to gain a new perspective on happiness. This new perspective is that happiness is actually universal and we all strive for the same things to gain the sense of happiness. While this is still similar to my most recent concept of it, I have been able to go more in depth as to what it is. We all love being with family and friends which is what we say makes us happy, but is it really the family and friends that create happiness? Don't we also get a sense of happiness while talking to new people as well? I have found that it is not so much the who, but the what. Meaning, talking to anyone can create happiness, but it is the action of actually talking and being around others that causes the happiness to come about. It's be more about the interaction, connections, and relationships with others that creates the happiness. I don't think there is a way to define exactly what happiness is, but we are able to relate it to other words such as joy, contentment, and love, which are terms that make up what happiness is. With that said, the more relationships we have and continue building and strengthening, the happier one will be.