That's My Goal

While I, of course, love accomplishing my own goals, it's almost like I get more out of seeing other people accomplish theirs.

Someone I know wanted to get into a certain school so very badly. It was one of his dreams and it has been for a long time. He had doubts for sure about his ability and whether or not he was putting all of his eggs in the wrong basket. Today, however, I found out the he got into it, and into the program he wanted. I'm so very happy for him. He deserves it.

While it is only Monday, the happiest I've been this week has been because of that news. It's not like things are going crazily wrong or anything-- the news was just so exciting for me to hear.

I know schadenfreude (sp) is German for "joy in other people's misery"... what is the German for joy in other people's joy??