I remember something when I was younger about a cat who thought that happiness was in his tail. As much as he tried, and as much as he chased his tail, he could never catch it. And an older cat finally told him that he too once thought that happiness was in his tail. And as much as he tried to catch his tail, and the happiness it contained, he never could. He finally realized that if he just went on about his business, that his tail just seemed to follow him wherever he went!
"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." - William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830's.