Happiness, and sadness, are each fleeting emotions. I do not believe in the pursuit of happiness. I seek contentment, which is not settling but a hopefully high-altitude baseline, coming from within and connection to without. It doesn’t stem from the acquisition of attachments but awareness of connection to the world and the universe as a living, breathing, and heart-beating organism and from alignment of mind and soul and discerning my why — my drive — from discovering who I am at my core. https://medium.com/illumination/yes-you-are-the-rare-writer-i-have-seen-on-medium-make-this-important-distinction-between-happy-b703631e2647