The oft-covered topic of happiness has never been essayed as fabulously simply as Will Buckingham just wrote in his presentation (linked below) of diverse philosophies capturing the breadth of a deep subject.

I seek contentment, which is not settling but a hopefully high-altitude baseline, coming from within and connection to without. It doesn’t stem from the acquisition of attachments but awareness of connection to the world and the universe as a living, breathing, and heart-beating organism and from alignment of mind and soul and discerning my why — my drive — from discovering who I am at my core. That will be the subject of an essay that my subconscious and conscious have been collaborating on for days and isn’t quite ready for the Primetime Players — ah, I love when my streams of consciousness end up with a metaphorical reference to fabulous entertainers of my youth.