to be close to God, to contemplate his creation, to mention his name, to communicate with him and to ask him for everything.

I totally agree with you on this, true and lasting happiness comes from having a close relationship with God, enjoying his love favours and blessings, and having his knowledge.

Happiness requires self-control and constant listening to others.

I concur with this too, we need self-control to be happy, to be able to control our thoughts since happiness is a state of mind so if focus on thinking about virtue things, loveable and peaceful things, yes this will help us to be positive and happy!

Oh your kids are so adorable! He's a happy boy and with this mindset of his he will grow up to be a contented and happy person. You're making whole lot of sense and Thanks for sharing your opinion with us.