What does true happiness mean to you?

In my “short” 30 years of living, I have gone through enough turmoil to force me to evaluate my “happiness” on more than one occasion. It took me some time, but I think that for the time being, I’ve finally figured out how to be at peace with myself and be “happy” in this moment.

I don’t think you can put a price tag on happiness—for me, having finally accepted where I’m at in life, no matter how imperfect it is and however far from my original “plans” I am, I am happy. I don’t have the glamorous job (been there), a knight in shining armor husband + angelic kids + white picket fence, or financial freedom (working on getting there) but I can’t remember the last time in my life, up until about last summer/fall, that I could truly say “I am happy.”

But I am happy now with the simpler things in life.

It’s hard to put into words what it means or how to achieve happiness, but I’m curious about what it means to you and what you might have gone through to get there?