Immediately to the New Year, wish you a backgammon, in one hand and a red envelope, with a gold ingot, pleasant goat, a blessing, good line thousands of miles, happiness all older.
When people engage in activities that help others, their brain releases endorphins, the brain's natural opiates, which induce in people a feeling of well-being.
The terms hedonism and eudaimonism bring to mind the great philosophical debate, which has shaped Western civilization for over 2,000 years, about the nature of the good life.
Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.