They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.

Tom Bodett
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When we say we’re happy we often refer to the good things in our lives. We talk about the people we love and what we do for a living. But, in his book "How to be Happy," Jean-Paul Sartre talks about the three things that he thinks are necessary for true happiness. Sartre said that happiness is not just loving someone, having a job or creating something. Rather, happiness is being able to be who you are without being afraid of being unhappy.

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