How to be Happy?

How can we every truly be happy? I think this is such a complicated subject that I probably cant explain but I'm going to take a stab at it. We all usually go through life seeking to do things that will provide us the most happiness. Some prefer their happiness now, and some like to lay the ground work for having happiness in the future. If we take the first case for face value this leads us to think that the person that seeks happiness now seems to be on to something. In reality though it does not work like that,now. now. now simply puts us in a state of running around in circles to gratify our urge's to be happy and in some cases this prevents us from ever moving forward in our lives. Even if that is not the case it seems like a life time of hard work and energy spent to try to quell a constant need for happiness. But is the person that prepares for future happiness really that much better? It seems that the person that likes to prepare for future happiness works time and time again adding more tasks to his'her list until that list is so overwhelming it makes the future seem so far away. This can lead to questions like, "when am i ever going to catch a break", "I have done all this work and have nothing to show for it" and more questions of the lot. From my perspective both people have a skewed perspective on, "happiness". it seems that the better way to be is to seek happiness in a state of, "equilibrium" some where in-between, "now" and "tomorrow". a simple answer it seems but really thats what I think the best method for achieving happiness is. But more then happiness in my life I want to seek JOY, that kind of eternal feeling of happiness on a level far beyond, "just feeling happy".....