What must be done then to preserve happiness?

First, it is necessary to give thanks, as happiness is usually not earned. It is a gift. Simply accepting it as such, on the other hand, is difficult for us. But it's easier to accept it when we do it with gratitude.

For us to dare to keep happiness we need to do something else: let others share in it. When we pass a little happiness on, we also make other people happy. So happiness increases and it can stay. That's one of its secrets.”

B. Hellinger , Conflito e Paz – Uma resposta – ed Cultrix – 2007. Pag. 59