Zen Break: Will You Be Happier In The Future Than You Are Today?

In Buddhism, there is a saying:

"The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains 
is the Zen you bring there"

In everyday life, we tend to believe that we can only be happy in the future after we have achieved the goals we have laid out for ourselves.  However, let's be honest, after we have put in all the hard work and achieved our end game, we oftentimes feel disappointed and empty.  Why?

Because, we forgot to take care of the present... we forgot that whatever feelings of joy and happiness we want to achieve have to be fostered on a daily basis.  That way, when we finally achieve our goals, we would have brought the contentment and fulfillment we hoped for with us into the future... i.e. we "brought the zen we wanted to achieve with us to the mountaintop".