I'm not really a happy person. It's a question of temperament. I have a tendency towards melancholy. You can feel quite happily melancholic. It's a double-edged sword. It has a certain irony.
I think the word 'happiness' should only be used with great care.You can use it to describe moments, perhaps.
What is happiness? It's elation. A positive feeling that suddenly jumps
beyond merely feeling good. I may say I was happy when I'd just fallen in love.
I may be in a kind of rapture. Or you win a great prize and feel it's fabulous.
(...) It's a pointless question to ask yourself if you're happy.
Being able to say I'm not happy is a great thing already.
I then indulge myself a bit, which can get quite obnoxious.