The formula of happiness

Few days ago, someone asked me "What is happiness? Why someone who we thought was happy, was actually not ?"

In this little brain and simple mind of mine, I can only think the answers are...

You can get happiness if :

1. (You make some) Achievement
2. Someone care (about you, what you do, why you did, how and when, negatively or positively)

It can be anything. It can be anyone.

Depends on how you live, raised, who you meet everyday, who you look up to, and so on.
That's why my happiness might be different than yours, or anybody else.

Some people formulate happiness as wealth, status, being religious, have many friends, good family, traveling around the world, collecting stuffs, be skilled at something, and the list can go on.
But then when you've got some of that, done some of them, been there - done that... why do you still feel empty? Why aren't you happy?

Well, may be you'd like to try my formula.

First, ask yourself, "who cares?"
If the answer is you, your own self, go directly to 2nd question, "what matters to you? What do you want to achieve?"
If the answer to the first question was your God, then the 2nd question would be "what matters to Him?"
If the answer to the first question was your family or friend or or your leader or work colleague or your country or your profession or whatever, then what matters to them?

Achieve what someone you care do care, they will care about what you do, react to you. Depending on what kind of reaction that matters to you, negative or positive, you will find happiness.

Be healthy.
Be strong.
Be beautiful/ handsome.
Be rich.
Be thankful.
Be standing on the top of the highest mountain on earth.
Be a father/mother, be a respectful child.
Be a musician.
Be powerful.
Be curious and never give up.
Be enjoying your food.
Etc.

If you're happy being that way. Then be honestly genuinely happy.
For any small happiness, or any big happiness.

Your happiness might not be the same as others, might be yes.
Appreciate every happiness, whoever's.
Life's too short to live in someone else's happiness which is not yours (as well).

My final advice would be
Stop, take a breath, think.
Are you happy? Why? Want to share it? Decide. Do.
That's all, I think.

In the end of the day, the truth is that human can not live without Purpose, and human is a Social Creature who can not live on his own, including alone in his mind.
(Not talking about special cases, ok)

I hope this helps anyone who cares.

So, what is your happiness ?