Sad? Nostalgic? Been in a bad mood lately? Something annoying happened?  Well! All you gotta 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 summer all I try to do now is smile. I definitely had what you call “an unexpected summer”, whatever I thought would happen kinda never happened? OR happened when I least expected, and, whatever I thought would never happen….happened? I’ve noticed that life is full of surprises and doesn’t like itself to be predictable. This is why, most of the times, the unexpected is what you 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? Why does life have to be so freaking complicated? These are all questions I’d like to ask some kind of expert.