The sunrise or the sunset or a moonlit sky or your child's laugh are all meaningful events which have the power to improve the quality of your life if you start to pay attention to them. What separates the happy from the unhappy is that the joyful ones give their mental focus to different things, to those more meaningful and inspiring events that nurture a more enlightened reality. They have developed the inner wisdom to know that life management begins with mind management and you truly can't afford the luxury of even one negative thought. The moment you start feeling gratified by the simple act of doing something for someone else or following your mission because your heart tells you that this is the right thing to do, you take a giant step along the path of enlightenment. Because true harmony is to be found within you, not outside of you.
Happiness is an inside job.
If you base your happiness on external objects, the moment one of those objects is taken away from you, you lose your happiness. Real happiness comes through knowing who you are and connecting to your highest self. It comes through knowing that you are not in this world - the world is in you and you can create anything you need within yourself. Everyone of us is part of the same universal source. We are all connected in some way or another.