The English language, and several other Western languages, are, generally, more nuanced than Tagalog.
For example in English there are two words, being "faithful" and "loyal", that describe two very different concepts: a dog can only be faithful while a human can be both just faithful or go higher than that and be loyal.
But when it comes to the concept of happiness Tagalog has a richer vocabulary, as in Tagalog there are two words that communicate the idea of happiness, being "masaya" (a happy state induced by stimulation and titillation) and "maligaya" (a more permanent calm and even keeled state that does not hinge upon a particular kind of stimulation: in other words unconditional happiness).
On the one hand, Filipinos rely very heavily on food, socializing, having the latest electronic gadgets etc to be "masaya" and there are, relatively few people who isolate themselves and meditate to induce a state of more permanent bliss, while in the West there is plenty of people who, for example, go on solo hikes, are into meditation and so on.
On the other hand though in the West there are way more people who are goal setters and have to-do lists, while most Filipinos simply coast through life spending long hours in idle chit-chatting, especially in the countryside.
So many Filipinos are more about being than doing, while in the West there are a lot of human doings who only allow themselves to be happy when the things that they are able to mark off their to-do lists happen.
So, as a Westerner married to a Filipina, I can't quite tell if rich Westerners are necessarily happier than poor Filipinos...
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