Alright, so today's pondering is in the department of happiness. Not just happiness in the sense of our own, but learning to be happy for others. It seems that once we learn to be happy for others, it helps to result in our own happiness.

There are times, even though some of us won't admit it, that we want what someone else has. Don't be fooled, because it's only what we think we want. We fool ourselves into believing that something else is meant to be ours, when there are good things in store for us. You just have to give them time. Good things come to those who wait.

I've never considered myself to be one to defy destiny, and it never hurts to test the waters, but it does seem to turn out where we think we know what we want, and things can change. As for my own life, I've been following my own path, and due to that I'm in online college, a writer for the Odyssey, an artist, and a photographer. It may just be my preferences, but I found each at a pretty young age, and I really honed a lot of it during middle school and high school. I followed each, and things are going great for me.

Now that the moment about me has passed, my point here is that whatever will happen will happen, no matter what. I do think that everything happens for a reason and that it's all connected somehow. I'm not sure if it's always our job to defy it, but perhaps when we do, the universe has a way of showing us that what we thought we wanted is one path, but you will find what is meant for you. It may even find you.

So, learn to be happy. Be happy for you. Be happy for others. Positivity causes change. You may feel like a very singular force, but when you learn to be happy for others and not only you, you will see true happiness and things will start coming together. It happened to me, so I have no doubt for you. Be good to those who are good to you.