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The measure of happiness is merely the difference between expectations and outcomes. It is not concerned with what one possesses – it is concerned with how content one is with what one possesses.

Cecilia Dart-Thornton
Differences, Expectations, Outcomes
Cecilia Dart-Thornton (2011). “The Lady of the Sorrows”, p.13, Pan Macmillan
The measure of happiness is merely the difference between expectations and outcomes. It is not concerned with what one possesses – it is concerned with how content one is with what one possesses.