Happiness, The essence of life, or is it? Whether you deem it important or insignificant, you have probably wondered and questioned yourself about this feeling before, what is happiness? is it just an unstable, ephemeral emotion that is meaningless in the grand scheme of things? How do I reach it? Do I have to be happy? More importantly, is it the same for everyone? If so, then who defines happiness? The answer to these questions depends on your perspective really, or that is what I believe at least, but it wouldn't hurt to hear another person's views on happiness now would it?