Happiness is energy and power for living. Happy people are healthy, optimistic, and have more driving force to achieve. That's mere survival. Happiness is in your control. By not controlling it, you are slave to your emotions.
Happiness requires discipline, determination and hard work.
Don't wait for it to happen. Go out and create it. Rabbi Noah Weinberg is the dean and founder of Aish HaTorah International. Over the last 40 years, his visionary educational programs have brought hundreds of thousands of Jews closer to their heritage. This really reminded me how important the simplest things in my life are.