Happiness is a direction, not a place. Sydney J. Harris
I felt like a distraction… so here is geek and philosophy mash-up.
If we used the physic definition for direction, when you connect two points in space, direction is from point A (tail) to point B (head).

Scalars and Vectors,
So happiness is going from point A to point B, no matter how long it takes you, no matter where you start from, or where you actually end up. Happiness is along the way.
I am not a physicist nor do I play one on TV. I’m sure a real physicist would be appalled at my lack of math. π
A real physicist might be appalled of the simplicity, but followers of fantasy will be able to suspend belief, if only for a minute. βΊοΈ
I love people willing to give themselves to ideas. Suspend their disbelief and just go with it. Let’s have schools of magic!