things that happen;

Some things are meant to happen. It's incredible and intriguing how everything works, the way things work. Something really unexpected happened to me. This story is about a boy, a boy I used to like a lot, and the one who became very distant from me.

I haven't properly talked to him for almost 3 years now, because a lot of things ocurred while we tried to work our friendship out; and I think both of us couldn't put our pride aside to say something to each other again.

I went to some friend's graduation, and I wasn't aware that he was going to be there, because it was his graduation too. He had to talk and when he did, I simply listened to him. I was surprised, he was way more mature than he was before.

The whole event ended, my mom wanted to leave and I was having a hard time deciding if I should leave, or at least say something to him.

I stayed with my dad a little longer, watching people congratulate him, hug him.

I was going to leave, I promise. But my dad stood up and decided to walk near him at the exact moment he was picking up his stuff from his seat. I walked by his side, and I don't know what happened to my body. I couldn't keep walking, I just couldn't. I turned and stared at him. He stared at me. He smiled and I smiled.

And we both knew. We knew what was about to happen, what had to happen.

He said: "Hi" and he was about to give me a kiss on my cheek, but I hugged him. I simply said: "Congratulations on your graduation" but there were so many things I wanted to say, so many questions I wanted to ask; I was tongue-tied. He hugged me tighter and I knew he understood what I was thinking, there was no need for words.

In the moment we were about to say something my dad came and congratulate him too. We smiled once more and I left.

At some point this had to happen, I knew we couldn't just fade away from each other's lives.

It was like the universe was telling us to be friends again, to fix things and to stop being so immature.

Things like this happen to everyone of us everyday. We meet people, we find a job, we get into a certain college because we have to.

I'm sure something wonderful expects us in every situation.

your choices, your happiness, your life;

There were many times when I wanted to accomplish, or do things to satisfy others. This is a very common thing among people. We get the wrong idea that if we do something people like, or approve, it's okay. If they don't, we must be doing something wrong.

People shouldn't dictate the way we think, or the way we act. If we live by this rule, at the end we will be miserable. We will never do something because we feel like doing it. We will act like robots, with no other purpose but to satisfy others.

It's our lives. We do things for our own happiness, and if we make mistakes, it's fine, we move on and promise ourselves we'll never do them again. The bad or good consequences our actions bring come back to us and no one else. It won't affect others.

The people we were trying to impress won't suffer a bit from our consequences. We'll do.

Think more about yourself, your happiness. If you try to make someone else happy, instead of yourself first. You'll never be truly happy, it will be a momentary satisfaction, but nothing else. Nothing durable.

books bucket list.

Reading is something I found enjoyable. I might not be the main character on a story, but I actually feel like I'm there, wandering around, meeting the characters and being connected emotionally with them.

Reading is a pleasurable trip to somewhere you don't recognize, but at the same time is familiar to you. Is like your body is right here, on reality, but your soul is in the book. Words are the most powerful way humans have found to express themselves, not even spoken words can compare to the power, or the ability words have to teach, convince, and give the truth about things.

I love books. I do. I'm one of the few people who prefer to read the book instead of watching the movie first.

I've always been surrounded by books, in my house we have something like a a library that my mom has compiled all over the years, for what I'm really thankful for. She taught me to love books.

Recently, I made a list of books I want to read and books I have already read.

- The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
- It's Kind of a Funny Story.
- The Maze Runner.
- The Scorch Trials.
- The Death Cure.
- The Fault in our Stars.
- Looking for Alaska.
- Pride and Prejudice.
- An Abundance of Katherines.
- Paper Towns.
- Will Grayson, Will Grayson.
- Shadows.
- The Notebook.
- The Guardian.
- Beautiful Creatures.
- Delirium.
- Divergent.
- Insurgent.
- Shatter Me.
- Destroy Me.
- Unravel Me.
- By these Ten Bones.
- Partials.
- Fangirl.
- Pure.

There are more books I'll discover and some I might missed in the list, but there's still time. Live is not endless, but it's enough for me to make some things, such as read.