happiness is???

What is happiness and being happy? i have heard this question so many times in so many contexts. I really used to wonder what it was, still do but i guess its not worth questioning. no i am not being cynical, just real. why do we need to waste time pondering over what is happiness when we can be happy :) 

Happiness is one of the loveliest feelings and it such a sweet feeling too. By dissecting it or questioning it we loose some of the finer things associated with it. Yes we need to know why we feel happy or what makes us happy but not to a point where we kill the feeling. Happiness doesnt come conditionally its a choice and a conscious  one at that. We choose to be happy as much as we choose our clothes. Why spend time wondering what will make us happy or what happiness is just be happy instead. like someone said ignorance is bliss........ I am blissfully happy :)