The following is an answer and/or comment by inhahe aka ColorStorm (inhahe.com - myriachromat.wordpress.com).
I've had four moments of true happiness in my life, and they've all been completely different kinds of happiness.

One was when I was at my family's log cabin in Michigan, I woke up and I suddenly just felt soo happy, I have no idea why. I was just so happy to be alive. So I stepped out of the cabin into nature and being there made me so happy that I literally laughed out loud for a second, uncontrollably. That's the only time I've ever been so happy that I had to laugh at nothing.

Another time was when I was swimming in the pool with my little sister (who's very intuitive), and she had me stay still while she dumped a pale of water on my head. I closed my eyes. You'd think there's nothing scary about having some water dumped on your head, but for some reason that simple act entailed that I had to *trust* her, a kind of surrender. I think that was the key to what happened next.. I suddenly felt divine happiness literally in my heart (heart chakra or maybe solar plexus chakra). It was so subtle yet so real and something that was so far from my normal miserable empty experience.

Anyway while in this state I was watching the trees blowing in the wind, and I could actually *see* the happiness of the trees or their leaves being tickled by the wind and the sun, because it was the same happiness in my heart. So now I know that trees actually are spiritually alive and sensitive and enjoy life.

Sometime not too much later I overheard my mom saying that my sister had told her that a pain she'd had in her hand for years was magically gone. I think it probably had something to do with the divine presence touching my heart while we were in the pool.

The joyous feeling in my heart that time was a living energy, like there was a kind of inner motion to it.

Many years later I read somewhere, I'm pretty sure in The Power of Now, that some special state of consciousness--I forget how he described or named it, something like bliss or enlightenment or connection to and love for all life--is often attained by people who spend many years suffering and then have a moment of surrender.

Another time I had to walk through the cafeteria of my niece's elementary school while it was chalk full of children, and I didn't have my hat on which I usually liked to wear to cover up my baldness. I actually felt like I looked a little bit freaky, because I had long wavy hair and was also partially bald. So I was really embarrassed, but I decided to have courage and just do it. A minute later when I was back outside of the building walking along the sidewalk, I could perceive this soft white energy filling all the space and surrounding everything in it, and I felt so at peace and comforted by this energy—like it was God or something—that I smiled a huge smile for this little girl that was walking toward me from the other direction, and it was genuine...It would have taken more effort not to smile than to smile. Again, this is extremely unusual in my experience. That's actually the only time I can remember smiling and not being forced to, besides when I happen to be laughing at something. By the way, I was also carrying an open black umbrella over my head at the time even though it wasn't raining, just for the sake of fun and free expression. =P

The fourth time I was truly happy (fourth in this list, I mean--this probably isn't in chronological order), I was in a mall and suddenly randomly I felt an actual glow/source of light in the center of my heart (heart chakra or solar plexus chakra area) and I guess it kind of emanated from my whole being in a way because this kid who was in front of me randomly said hi to me.. that like *never* happens to me.

All of these moments of happiness were truly sublime, but they only lasted a few minutes or maybe less each time.

There was also another time I remember that could possibly have been the happiest moment of my life, it was when I got back home after having been on vacation for a few weeks with some relatives. The door was opened and my mom was in the living room vacuuming and I ran to her and hugged her. I don't actually remember how that felt, I just remember what I did, or remember remembering it, so I'm not sure if it was the happiest moment of my life or not. Also I'm not sure if there were other equally happy moments during my childhood that I just don't remember.