The positive elements contributing to Happiness:
I have chosen an arbitrary total of 100 points representing the entire category of positive happiness elements (J), to be distributed as follows:

1. Love,   70 points

2. Accomplishment,   6 points

3. Contentment,   4 points

4. Forgiveness,   4 points

5. Gratitude,   4 points

6. Hope,   4 points

7. Optimism,   3 points

8. Recognition,  3 points

9. Well-wishfulness 2 points

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The negative elements representing physical miseries:
I have chosen an arbitrary total of 200 points distributed as follows:

1. Hunger and Malnutrition 100 points

2. Disease and Physical Discomforts 100 points

The negative elements representing emotional miseries:
I have chosen an arbitrary total of 100 points, divided equally among all of the emotional miseries. We could assign different values to these elements and still keep their sum 100. However, to simplify our discussion, we will assume that all of the selected 25 elements in the emotional misery list contribute equally to our condition. We therefore arbitrarily assign a value of 4 to each of the following elements:

The choice of 100 for each of the physical elements of hunger and disease is based on the premise that if one is starving, very hungry, or very ill and suffering from severe pain, then most probably one will not be happy, and in fact be extremely miserable; our Happinometer must reflect that. For the extreme conditions of hunger or illness, the maximum of 100 points must be selected. On the other hand, under less severe conditions, for example, when one is not feeling well due to some irregularities or malnourishment, is slightly sick, or is physically uncomfortable due to cold, heat, and so on, one must choose a number between 0 and 100 to represent each element of the category F. On the other hand, a person who is well-fed and feeling healthy, and who chooses the number zero to quantify his or her hunger and disease, is not necessarily happy. One's relative happiness or misery values must, in that case, derive from other elements. I have heard of people who can endure severe physical pains and, because of their immense Love still be happy. I have not met such individuals, but I believe that such people can be found. For most people, like myself, suffering from pains or hunger is enough to make us feel miserable. Our Happinometer, the above happiness equation, reflects negative value in such cases.

I should add here that being handicapped is not a definitive reason to be unhappy and miserable, so long as the individual does not feel any pain. In fact, disabled people may often as happy as able- bodies individuals.

Thus, in the Happinometry equation, the lowest possible value is- 300, for a person who has scored an absolute zero (O) in positive happiness elements (J), who is terribly sick and very hungry and thus scores 200 points for F, and who has complete emotional miseries that add up to 100 points for E:

H = J - F - E
H = 0 - 200 - 100 = - 300
(Lowest possible Happinometry value)

On the other hand, the highest possible Happinometry value is a possible 100 points, for a person who has no physical complaints (F - 0), who is completely free of emotional miseries (E = 0), and who has a maximum of Love and the other positive elements:

H = J- F- E
H = 100 - 0 - 0 = 100
(maximum Happinometry value)

Of course, a person's Happinometry value will generally fall somewhere between the two extremes.

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