"Happiest people are those people who are satisfied with what the few they have and live a peaceful life"
There was a story of a greedy rich man who would never be contented with his possessions. He would say that he will live a happy life after fulfilling a goal. But after he reached the goal he would still not be happy but be more greedy and that's how his life goes on till he die. What can we infer here is that the rich man could never be happy? Although he was a rich man yet he couldn't live a happy and contented life.
There is no way to peace but peace is the way. By this set proverb, it can be inferred here that happiness is a state of mind. It's not a thing that is to be possessed by merely exchanging. Happiness and peace both are part of our life. The thing that matters here is how we live. Even the poorest person may wear a smile on his face while the richest man may wear a gloomy face. It depends on how a person lives. Just having many possessions is not a way to happiness.
As we open our heart, mind, and soul what do we see? We see a person with worn-out shoes, clothes, houses, etc with such a smile on his face. While we see a wealthy person not being able to live happily. That's the reason why it's so much important to understand the things that are of utmost importance to living happily.
Certain things play an important role in your life (happy and peaceful life). Friends are the most important things in your life. They play the most important role in deciding most of your state of mind. Therefore it's been rightly said, "Be slow to making friends and be slower to leaving friendship". What I wanted to infer here is that if friends have such a great role to play in your life- in deciding your happiness and peace, then, Why not choose those good friends?
I just want to tell you, be a source of happiness for others. Then others too will be a source of joy and happiness for you. But there lays a deeply hidden thing that is reliable and trustworthy. Don't lose yourself while trying to make others happy. Make sure you are the master of your own life and the captain of your soul. It's not that you should at no cost make others happy even making yourself sad. That's not how it works. First, you then come others.
Apart from your friends, you are the most important in deciding your happiness. You have the power to be happy. It depends on you and yourself. There is nothing that can snatch away your peace if you have the power to control yourself. What is important here is that you should be master over yourself first.