Define Happiness

Today I decided to start a blog in order to chronicle my ongoing search for happiness. Like many people in the world I don't feel like I'm completely happy and sometimes I feel a little down. I think that most of the time my life is good, but something's missing..... just not sure what. I'm hoping that other people can relate to the ups and downs of an ordinary life and follow me through this journey, maybe together we can find what we are looking for.

But what is happiness exactly? I guess if I'm searching for it I should know what it is just in case I run across it. So I asked the google god to please define happiness...pleasure, joy, exhilaration, bliss, contentedness, delight, enjoyment, satisfaction. Sounds like a Viagra commercial.

Happiness results from the possession or attainment of what one considers good.
Huh? That doesn't help.

Bliss - unalloyed happiness or supreme delight
Somehow that makes me think of Chinese food. Yum Sum Bliss Supreme Delight is our special today.

Felicity - a formal word for happiness of an especially fortunate or intense kind. 
Searching for felicity would just be confusing, can't help but think of that one actress who cut her hair, can she help? Don't think so, keep going.

Contentment -  a peaceful kind of happiness in which one rests without desires, even though every wish may not be gratified.

That's it! I'm not looking for happiness, just contentment. Hence my blog title In Search of (ISO) Contentment. Well that seems like a very good start.