“I think happiness is a term that gets confused a lot in our society today. The idea of happiness can be thought about in terms of a mental state – a state of joy, contentedness, acceptance. But it can also be thought about in terms of feeling satisfied with life, with our needs being met, feeling fulfilled. I think that this second perception of happiness carries more baggage around it, and is often what leads to the desperate seeking of happiness in our culture that, ironically, results in a lot of unhappiness and depression. Happiness shouldn’t have expectations or attachment – then it only leads to disappointment. Happiness is a state of being, like a passing cloud.”