That is the core — the happiness that eluded the kings ,movie stars and the rich people. It may have become a cliche , but it is still so true : the best things in life are free. At least , they are not to be bought or sold , and definitely not for money. The currency is of a totally different kind . And it is about giving and receiving. It is about the soul. About how one fares through good AND bad times; how one navigates through the life trials and if one discovers what is the nature of happiness . I like the metaphor “like an old river” … And happiness is not a place nor an object — I would say it is the moments of love, of sharing , of laughter and of understanding… You may be fortunate to be happily married , but even in a marriage, the happines is just the sum of those moments. A happy life is the life with the big enough sum of those moments of happiness . It is not a constant state. t at least one should have enough insight to go in the right direction that might lead to a closure of contentment. Because that is all we might achieve as a bottom line , at the end of the storý.