http://www.businessinsider.com/a-lesson-about-happiness-from-a-holocaust-survivor-2014-10

Baumeister and his colleagues would agree that the pursuit of meaning is what makes human beings uniquely human. By putting aside our selfish interests to serve someone or something larger than ourselves - by devoting our lives to "giving" rather than "taking" - we are not only expressing our fundamental humanity, but are also acknowledging that that there is more to the good life than the pursuit of simple happiness. www.krappaccioli-Tunnermann.blogspot.com