Happy

 Usually, when someone says that they are happy, it means that the ego is “happy” because nothing unpleasant or painful is going on.  For the ego, happiness means that reality agrees with the will, the plans for the day.  As soon as any of this goes array then the ego becomes “unhappy.”  But I know people who have chronic health issues that they have to manage on a daily basis and they will say that they are happy on any particular day.  Such people have gotten beyond ego control to a deeper spiritual path.  They may indeed have some discomfort in mind or body, but they do not let arising emotions control their attitude at that moment.  They have become much freer than an ego controlled person.  They have an awareness but not an attachment to the awareness of discomfort.  A person who gets deeply into addiction recovery has lots of happiness with attitude and acceptance adjustments.