My pursuit of happiness?

Question:

My pursuit of happiness?

what is the key to happiness? is there only one?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: According to the biggest researcher working on the question Happiness = Set Point + Circumstances + Voluntary Control

The set point is the genetically driven tendency for your happiness to return to a certain range. After a period of sadness, amputees return to their set point as do lottery winners. We can't control all of our circumstances and we certainly don't choose our genetic set point, but we can do have voluntary control of whether we center our lives of deeply held values or just float along with consumer society for instance. The link below describes some other voluntary activities (reflecting on what you're grateful for, matching strengths to opportunities, expressing gratitude to someone who helped you).