Causes and Conditions

If happiness depends on external causes and conditions, then removing those causes and conditions makes happiness impossible. If happiness does not depend on external causes and conditions, then happiness is possible in any circumstance. Probably somewhere in the middle is true: a certain threshold of tolerability in external circumstance is necessary for happiness, but the threshold is likely much lower than we imagine. Now the hard part: cultivating internal conditions for happiness in (almost) any circumstance. If you figure it out, let me know.