So remembering can mean both to you but Happiness and Joy can not mean the same to me without being technical by definition and literal? When Joy/Joyfulness is the synonym for Happiness.
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hap·pi·ness
ˈhapēnəs
noun
the state of being happy.
"she struggled to find happiness in her life"
synonyms: pleasure, contentment, satisfaction, cheerfulness, merriment, gaiety, joy, joyfulness, joviality, jollity, glee, delight, good spirits, lightheartedness, well-being, enjoyment; exuberance, exhilaration, elation, ecstasy, jubilation, rapture, bliss, blissfulness, euphoria, transports of delight; Hollywood ending
"trying to rediscover the happiness we once knew"
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While I get what you are saying, again you were being technical to prove your point.
And as far as things not always going your way, I get it. Doesn't mean you lose happiness over it. While I understand some would - that is the whole point of the phrase; HAPPINESS is the path you must create rather then pursuing this imaginary path or chasing this idea of happiness.
So again, we were saying the same thing but you choose to get technical. Maybe happiness wasn't the right word (Int his case you're right) HOWEVER happiness is the word used in the phrase and that phrase was the message I was trying to deliver.
Remain happy or the proper word "Joyful" and optimistic - no matter the circumstances. There are others in worse condition/situations. Glass half full rather then empty.