Absence of pain is happiness. <br />Relief of pain is happiness. <br />So is absence of, or escape <br />Of fear mental or physical. <br />Having basic needs is happiness. <br />More than that happiness must be <br />Being in the heart of others <br />And having a harmless hobby.<br /><br />Rm.Shanmugam Chettiar.<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/superior-happiness/