I love this sentence: "In life, happiness is the game; not the final score." It took me many years to realize trying to find happiness is one of the biggest life games everyone has to play.

Your beginning blurb hammers home what can be considered happiness, depending on your circumstances.

I've heard about the Lottery Curse. It is interesting how people can win so much money and end up with nothing.

I found only minor problems. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

***It's a mistake to waste a large portion of your life seeking that one "thing" that'll make you happy, (no comma) as if it was the Holy Grail or the most important thing you can find.
*** We can choose to travel that rough gravelly road either riding the hard board (one word) of a buckboard wagon seat or traveling in a Rolls Royce. It’s our choice to make.
***Sure, bad things happen to good people too, but it’s how you react to adversity that determines whether you'll become a victim, wallowing (no -ing) in self-pity, or be a winner who works through the bad times focused on your life goals.
***(new paragraph)Happiness is not something you can buy or win in a lottery. The old saying that "money cannot buy happiness" is true, especially for those who believe that wealth equals happiness. Human nature will, after all, prevail.

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