So, your favorite ponderer is back. I'd hardly consider it to be a habit these days since it's become a key characteristic of mine. I don't think I need to elaborate on my overanalysis, after all, I did already write an article about it. Anyway, this week's pondering is about moving on and destiny.

I've been having all these interesting thought processes lately about how we become interested in things, especially things that don't necessarily benefit us in the long run. There are things that influence us from afar, and sometimes we see what we want to see, and all of a sudden we're defying destiny for a momentary decision that can end badly without proper precaution. We're so taken that we become blind to the risk.

Recently, I was observing the people who live around us, one by one, and one person stood out more than the others, and it led me to question why I felt this way about things.

It consumed my thoughts for a while, but I eventually realized that this person was an example of someone I could be with if I was everyone else, but then I realized I'm not everyone else. I'm me, and I'm not defying destiny by worrying about lesser priorities. I'm working towards my dreams and following them because that's the important thing right now.

I had this in mind when it comes to relationships because they can be had anytime, and it's better to wait instead of making a sudden decision and eventually losing a relationship with little things. Life dodges the bullet for you. No one has to get hurt.

If anything, a realization like this is a reflection of yourself, that you would be able to see something like that at such a young age, and that's the thing to take away from it.

Far too many people fall into the trap of thinking that a relationship is more important than dreams in our formative years, but this doesn't mean relationships can't happen, it just doesn't seem to be the most important thing early on. What happened, happened for a reason. It's a stepping stone to bigger and better things.

Destiny is laid out in front of us, and a mistake we commonly make is that we want to see what's at the end. What we need to adapt to is living in the moment, and realizing that everything has some meaning. Everything is connected somehow. Don't lose time waiting for the future, when we're living in the present.