Have you ever noticed the harder you try and get a cat's affection, the less likely the cat is to come to you? I think happiness is like a cat. If you try to find it and corner it, it will never sit in your lap. If it does, it will be fleeting and bitter you acquired it in such a manner. Instead, one must appear to not be searching for a cat. You simply do what you are doing and inevitably, the cat will walk all over your keyboard or wedge itself between you and the book you were reading. Only when you are not trying to corner happiness will it fall into your lap.