No man is happy who does not think himself so.

Happiness is not a condition that can be verified from outside, since it exists only in the noticing. A person can have arranged everything they once wanted and still register none of it, because the attention has already moved to the next lack. That is not a fault to be scolded, but it is worth knowing that the accounting happens inside rather than in the circumstances.

Try naming, once a day, one thing that is currently good and would be missed if it went. Say it plainly rather than turning it into a practice. The point is only to let the good things actually land somewhere.