Happiness

"There is no way to happiness, but happiness is the way" I saw this quotes today. Although it seems to be a nice quote, it has superficial meaning to me in the past. I now realize that many things that I wish to done it happily or to have a happy ending are in way to achieve: just be happy. The term "happy" seems vague and, perhaps, overused. In other words, I should not rely my emotion on anything, anyone or any expectation. In that way, I have control over my mood and would not fall into the fluctuated emotional wave. On the opposite site: since I should not depend my mood on 'things', should things depend on my mood? There is no exact answer because it IS true that things would always follow my mood, which plays the role of my altitude. After all, it is relatively easy to state in words but hard put such an abstract ideas into life. "Happiness" is a word with the hardest, deepest, yet easiest meaning.