Have you been sad? Nostalgic? Have you been in a bad mood lately? Something annoying happened?  Well! All you need to do is smile. Even though you probably don’t feel like smiling, “forcing” yourself to smile has been said to be efficient.  After a very hectic/dramatic/ unexpected term all I try to do now is smile. I definitely had what you call “an unexpected start of term 2 ”, whatever I thought would happen never happened and what I didn’t expect to happen, instead, happened when I least expected it. This is what many  people called “the mystery of life”. Yes, life is a mystery, it never happens your way. When you want and think something is going to happen, in some way there’s a kind of “force” that makes it happen either later or never. Life is said to be a book, and like every good book, it likes itself to be discovered line by line,  page by page, chapter by chapter, and, obviously if the story is too predictable then it’s not going to be a good story. However, all of this is okay because most of the times, the unexpected is what we all need. In order to live a happy life, one must not have any expectations….and yes this is hard, especially if you really want something to happen with all of your heart. But how can you stop thinking/expecting what you want and focus on other things? How can you get distracted so that you let the “unexpected” happen? These are all questions that can’t be really answered. All I know is that sometimes when you are powerless and can’t control what happens, all you have to do is force that smile and think about all the positive things that did happen. I’m the kind of girl that believes that there is a reason for everything, if one path closes, it means that there is another one waiting for you somewhere else, you just need to find the right timing and have just a  bit of luck. With this said, if what you want is not coming/not working, don’t worry there’s always going to be a better option/better timing for it.