Consider the words of one of the most brilliant minds ever to appear on the earth, who came up with this answer. His name was John Stuart Mill, who lived from 1806 to 1873, an outstanding philosopher and economist. He is believed to have had the highest I.Q, of any person who ever lived. His words are worth thinking about today. Aiming thus at something else, they find happiness by the way.
Happiness is an effect.
You can't just be happy. Cervantes, who spent time as a galley slave, realized that happiness isn't a place or destination that you will one day arrive at. He realized that a person could learn to be happy where he is along this life's journey. I find it most interesting that everywhere in the Bible where sorrow is mentioned, joy always follows. Whatever state you find yourself in as you read these words, always remember, that God in His wisdom, had spring follow winter, and winters always end.