To understand how meaning relates to happiness, it’s important to understand that being happy doesn’t necessarily mean getting into a cheery mood. Sure, feeling cheery is a kind of happiness, but a deeper, more sustaining happiness is an overall sense of well-being and satisfaction with your life. In Frankl’s words, this sort of happiness “cannot be pursued; it must ensue.” He went on to explain that “it only does so as the unintended side effect of one’s dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the byproduct of one’s surrender to a person other than oneself.”
