Dr. Joel Wade has written books and taught courses on finding happiness. Of course all happiness derived must come from within. But the external world has a part to play in your happiness too. All too often we focus on the things that we cannot control and this leads to unhappiness and dissatisfaction. Better to concentrate on what we can influence and spend less time thinking about the things we have no impact upon. Things like politics and the news are pretty much obstacles to happiness, at least part of the time anyway. Time to focus on the things that matter. In so many areas of our lives, life has never been better and it keeps on getting better all the time.