thanks for sharing this beautiful and yet reflective piece. however, i have some remarks and questions. for those living in the 3rd world countries like zimbabwe, haiti, Nigeria etc ; the standard of living is inexplicably low, high rate of killings, depreciation in currency, unemployment, epileptic power supply, bad governance and so on determine their lifestyle. and therefore they cannot employ the above factors to experience happiness in its full form. For happiness to thrive, the above factors have to be present to aid happiness in order to find its true essence. but we find here that in these developing countries, life expectancy is greatly shortened and this is because the problems listed above make it extremely difficult to find happiness in these factors. take for example, a working class man who struggles to take care of his family losses his life as a result of these problems. the family becomes helpless and there is a big vacuum which cant be filled because he was the sole provider of his family(which was the first factor you listed). it is only certain that they would find bitterness and anguish in every area of their lives (lets have it in mind that the problems listed above are still present). how would they survive and still find happiness in everything they do?. i could go on and on but what i want us to learn from this piece is that wherever we find ourselves we should always use the opportunities around us to make meaning out of life thereby, finding happiness. because that thing you have and not satisfied with, someone out there can give the world for it and would rather die than loose it. thanks for this piece once again.