Happiness Isn’t the Absence of Negative Feelings

"Happiness feels intolerably elusive for many of us. Like fog, you can see it from
afar, dense and full of shape. But upon approach, its particles loosen and suddenly it becomes out of reach, even though it's all around you.
We put so much emphasis on the pursuit of happiness, but if you stop and think about it, to pursue is to chase something without a guarantee of ever catching it..."

https://hbr.org/2015/08/happiness-isnt-the-absence-of-negative-feelings