Layers

Happiness. The movie Shrek comes to mind. He talks of Orcs being like onions. They have layers.

This is how I view happiness. You have to develop your own. At the core of your own fruit, you are you. You have to be happy with yourself, it's the only way. Once you have achieved that you can start adding other layers of happiness. Surround yourself with it.

As long as you are happy with yourself, you can let other layers flake off. Even if they fall off faster than you can rebuild them, and the center is exposed, you will always have you.