The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: If you pursue happiness you'll never find it. -C. P. Snow

The pursuit of happiness.
Not an original concept, but one we hear often, in quotes and movies; but do we find happiness or does happiness find us? And how do we define happiness?
I am a true believer in serendipity-random and surprising happenings where happiness seems to occur on its own, seeking us out and tapping me on the shoulder. Life can throw you some curves but none so surprising as a happy accident. One expects to have a bad accident or even 2 in a day, but a happy one is so special that it should be cherished and prized.
Morever, happiness creeps up when you least expect it, when times seem at their worst and suffocates us until we cannot repress laughter and smiles. It becomes contagious.
A smile aimed carefully at someone is a poweful weapon to fight the blues.