What is happiness? How can we achieve happiness and is it even possible to be chronically happy? Happiness exists on a spectrum and ranges anywhere from superficial and temporary to mindful and transcendental. If we think of happiness on a continuum, we find that at the most superficial level what makes us happy is generally determined by our mood and fleeting events or triggers. This could be receiving a raise or promotion at work, getting married, seeing an old friend, buying a new pair of shoes, or eating a piece of chocolate. This kind of happy is external and short-lived. This is the kind of happiness that is based on…