What it means to be truly happy.

Its really late, so I'm not going to write a huge thesis on what it means to be truly happy. 

Three things that I realized over the past year.  Of course there are more, but compacting it to three bullet points makes it easier to comprehend.

1. Never seek happiness outside of yourself.  - When you lose your fancy car, lose your fancy house,  lose your fancy jewelry, lose your fancy job title, lose all of your money, and strip yourself or everything: You will just be left with yourself.  If you can't be happy with yourself first, all the things in the world will not matter.

2. We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not. 

3. Appreciate what you have and have compassion for others - Ask yourself how you can help someone.  Appreciation is something not a lot of people think about.