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Happiness is Cognitive Consonance whereby your body, soul, and mind all harmonize, like this:

the brain decoding to the five senses that what it thinks is pleasurable

It is something that most of us aren't familiar with, something most of us want, but rarely do we get it.

All wonderful answers above me. Happiness is different things to different people. Happiness can be a warm puppy or a place to lie ones' head at night, many, many things, guess it's all relative! (:

Unattainable as soon as you begin to seek it,,you cant make yourself happy but you might suddenly realise you feel happy now n again.Its like confidence if your thinking about it means your lacking it,when you are confident you dont spare a thought for it likewise when youre happy you dont dwell on happiness.
Its many times more powerful than sadness cos one good time makes up for many bad times.
Its different things to different people but it's not good to go seeking happiness,figuring it out n whats required to achieve it as your better off living life n letting it take care of itself than chasing after it

Happiness is a mental state of well-being characterized by positive emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.[1] A variety of biological, psychological, religious, and philosophical approaches have striven to define happiness and identify its sources.

The science of happiness endeavors to apply the scientific method to answer questions about what "happiness" is, and how we might attain it.

Happiness is a continuum. It is a constant that depends on what other people or circumstances have a place in your life. Otherwords when things are happening, you're happy.