Happiness?

According to the teachings of Aristotle, happiness is something that you obtain at the point of death. If that is so then what is this so called "emotion" that we call happiness? Is this feeling that we all have once had before just a little taste of what to expect at the moment of death? Or is it possible that the way we percieve happiness through life is ACTUAL happiness? I believe that everyone has their own belief on what happiness is because happiness can be brought to people through different ways. This emotion of happiness, that we all encounter at some point in our lives could in fact just be a a feeling that we think is happiness but actually is not. The whole belief of what happiness is can be interpreted in many ways, its your own choice to decide whether to believe that this feeling is something that is truth or if it is all building up for the end when everyone will be truely happy.