different things please different people.some people are happy quite often and some just stay in dark moods.it doesn't matter if your rich,poor,black,white,sexy,ugly or whatever.i'm interested in what makes a person happy or what it takes to keep them in a state of happiness.i guess in my pursuit of happiness that as long as my kids are healthy and i'm healthy myself thats the number one goal i aim to stay at.followed by spending plenty of quality time together and doing things.i like material things but they don't mean as much to me since i didn't grow up with much.i got a bike at christmas and if that bike got stolen a few weeks after i got it then tough luck i had to wait until the next christmas to get another.i got atari on my birthdays every year the new one come out.i had the 2600,5200,etc.see my babies have gotten to where they beg in the store now and scream for toys and most of the time i don't get them anything.every blue moon i might get them something but most of the time i don't because they have plenty of toys at home.my girlfriend says that is mean when i don't ever get them anything but i'm trying not to spoil them.i'm the kind of person that if i have few thousand in the bank i feel secure and comfortable.i don't go blowing money just because i have it.some people just don't get it.i was told the other day wow you have enough to go get a new digital camera and this and that.why?  why should i go blow money because i have it.and then when an emergency comes up i'll be flat broke regretting the purchase later.it don't take much to make me happy how about you?