We create our feelings of belonging by opening ourselves to others. We get what we give.
Great story.
OK. I get that the facts can remain the same, yet we can change our lives and how we feel about ourselves and our lives and others, just by how we look at things. In Mr. Hatch's case, like us, he had it inside of himself to be happy. He flicked it on when prompted by an external circumstance, but in fact, HE flicked it on. Sadly, he permitted an external circumstance to trigger him to flick it off too.
Why wait for an external circumstance before we flick ourselves on when we know we have the power to do so ourselves all along?