I pretty much preach, teach and nag.
We all get self-centered.
Language is our way of communicating what we want and who we are.
In this regard, pleasure is an event; happiness is a process. Pleasure is an end point; happiness is the journey. Pleasure is material; happiness is spiritual. Pleasure is self-involved; happiness is outer- and other-involved.
Some people seem to see compassion as being mushy.
My life is what a salmon must feel like. They are always going upstream, against the current.