Looking At The Positives

I many times am jealous of people who one can tell that are truly happy. I am a person who although is happy, sometimes gets mad. This is a dilemma that I've had in my entire life. How can I always be happy. As I was reading chapter nine, I came across something that almost made me laugh. “Later on in life, the Tralfamadorians would advise Billy to concentrate on the happy moments of his life, and to ignore the unhappy ones-to stare only at pretty things as eternity failed to go by.” (PDF File) I wish it were that easy. I wish that one could just forget about the unhappy times and just keep the lessons learned from them. Although I would love for a perfectly 'happy' life, it would be boring and redundant if life was always happy. I also think that in order to be happy, you must have had to be unhappy at another point. There can't be rich without the poor is another example. Overall, I really don't agree with the Tralfamadorians opinion. I mean, how boring would a 'perfect' life be without any problems at all?