That's not what I took from the article. A summary of this article will distort it terribly, but here's an attempt:
1. A person's entire life story contains ups, downs, and complexity, of a sort that can't be disentangled, and are unique to each person, though you can find patterns, too. For example, hitting rock bottom fuels some people to great fulfillment and happiness in the future, but of course that's not the only way, and hitting rock bottom is no guarantee of future happiness.
2. Many things make people happy, but the top factor is which kinds of mechanisms you use to deal with adversity.
3. Many things make people happy, but the top factor is quality of social relationships.
1. A person's entire life story contains ups, downs, and complexity, of a sort that can't be disentangled, and are unique to each person, though you can find patterns, too. For example, hitting rock bottom fuels some people to great fulfillment and happiness in the future, but of course that's not the only way, and hitting rock bottom is no guarantee of future happiness.
2. Many things make people happy, but the top factor is which kinds of mechanisms you use to deal with adversity.
3. Many things make people happy, but the top factor is quality of social relationships.