Happiness?

I read an interesting article about happiness this week.  Ever thought about what happiness is?  This article talked about it being more satisfaction than pleasure.  I think society tends to pursue pleasure assuming it will make them happy- when really it's more about being satisfied.  They did this interesting survey-  what would you pick--- You could make $50,000 dollars a year and everyone else you know would make $25,000.  OR  you could make $100,000 dollars a year and everyone else would make $200,000.  What's your choice? 

Most people in the survey chose to make less money- to make $50,000.  Because to them it was more important to be better off than their neighbors than to actually have more income. Interesting huh?  If only we could learn to be satisfied with what we have, without looking outward for a sense of meaning...I think that is when real happiness and/ or even contentedness occurs.