“Think not lightly of good, saying, ‘It will not come to me.’
Drop by drop is the water pot filled.
Likewise, the wise one, gathering it little by little,
Fills oneself with good.”

 —Dhammapada 9.122

When you ask people about their most cherished values, “happiness” is always at the top of the list. We know when we feel it. We associate it with a range of positive emotions—joy, contentment, gratification, well-being. Inarguably, happiness means something different for each of us; this becomes ...