happiness (serious)

Something that I have thought about a lot in the last few years is "what is happiness" and what causes it.

We all go through ups and downs. Its the way of life. On the great happiness scale you go up and you go down. How do you measure that happiness though except as relative to yourself. What about your default level of happiness, should that be neither happy nor sad or should it always be happy?

I'm about to spew out a load of waffle, most of it detailing what I think makes up some of why I am happy and sad. Some of it missing out large chunks of information that I don't think other people want to know or maybe that I don't want other people to know...

I would appreciate comments on any of what I say below. None of it is sensitive to me really so I am happy for people to say what they will and would appreciate people's honest opinions. And I won't take offence if you say that I am talking a grand self-pitying pile of shit. :) So, on with the plot...
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