There is no recipe for happiness, it lies in a person's sense of peace

Can there be a meaningful discussion on happiness per se, and can a recipe of sorts be framed for anybody who was seeking it?

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Poverty is the biggest curse, and body illness another killer of joy, but beyond these debilitating factors, it can be seen that sources of unhappiness lie in the 'past,' the 'present' and even in the perceived 'future'.

One cannot erase memories of one's past, particularly if they recall what appeared to be "sinful acts" on one's part. Generally, one tries to sublimate them by adopting "cause and effect" logic for diverting the blame, but the overhang of the past is a reality that impacted one's happiness in the long term.

Now, no two human beings are totally identical because their past, present, and future are full of inevitable variables.

An individual is known for one's own qualities of 'head' and 'heart' in the present, and he or she cannot be in the frame of another person on that count.

As regards the future, it becomes relevant to happiness as a phenomenon because fear, anxiety, aspiration, expectation of the result of an effort and the degree of self-confidence with which one would face a contingency-all belong to that realm producing its own set of differentials.

Happiness has been rightly associated with the 'sense of peace' and 'well-being' prevalent at any point of time in one's lifeit is all in the mind, and linking it to measurable physical and physiological terms does not complete the story.