Your post interested me as I

Your post interested me as I have been pondering about that question myself, on how to have lasting happiness. On just expressing my own perspective on this topic... I believe that lasting happiness and inner peace is something that has to come from within the individual rather than from external circumstances, because circumstances do change and the happiness that depends on them very fragile. And when one has too much of a good thing, somehow it stops bringing happiness or joy. Personally, I think that personal development is one of the key to lasting happiness that would prevail despite changing life circumstances. People often have a transformed outlook an approach to life after a life-changing event. Companionship or having close ties seems to be important too. After all, we all have heard and seen of miserable millionaires and individuals who are happy and fulfilled despite not having much.