A proverb allegedly from ancient China was widely spread in the West: “If you want to be happy for a few hours, go to get drunk; If you want the happiness to last three years, get married; if you want a lifetime happiness, take up gardening.” The reason for the last option is this: Gardening is not only useful, it helps you to identify yourself with nature, and thus brings you new joy each day besides improving your health.
A research of a US university that I’ve read gives a definition of happiness as what makes a person feelfortably pleased. To put it specifically, happiness is an active state of mind where on