Happiness is both temporary and permanent and each of these types of happiness has its own purpose and meaning.

Temporary happiness is important for making everyday emotional survival easy. It can range from little things to deep emotions but all these things charge us to go forward on our path. When your team wins a game or you have a great meet-up with a friend, you should be able to take all the positive emotions coming from these events as they fill our daily routines with joy. Making a trip to a desired destination or having a successful year in your job will not make you happy forever but will contribute to your overall mental well-being.

There is also permanent happiness but we must learn to notice it even when the current moment is a bad one. You might be fighting with your partner but that does not erase the happiness of you two having each other. You might struggle with work this month but that does not harm the overall satisfaction of a career that inspires you. You might be stuck at home ill for some time but that does not nullify the active and adventurous life you are leading in general. Permanent happiness comes from the big choices we make and they are there to stay with us in the long term.