Meaningful post, @triptolemus. I agree.
There are lots of different theories about what people really need to be happy. None of them are as conclusive or as authoritative as a recent study performed by Harvard University.
Fame, fortune, that big job, the best clothes or the best house. None of these work. Full stop. The end. Real happiness is tied to less tangible things. It’s tied to the people around us, to our sense of real life connection and community. So don’t stop pursuing other aims, but make sure your relationships are and remain the most precious things in your life and the aspect of your life that you work on the most.
Thank you!