It's just how you get pleasantly surprised from an unexpected happening. Taken from a dictionary, "Serendipity" literally means: "The faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident."
Doesn't that just feel so great? Discovering something by an accident? Well, let's not say an accident, but rephrase it as "through an UNEXPECTED spur of the moment". I've had my own share of serendipitous moments in my life. I may not really concretely remember all of those treasured moments, but I have got one thing imprinted in my mind for sure, those moments have left me immensely happy and satisfied with so many good things life has to offer me. I may have gotten an incredibly bad day, but when something serendipitous happens, all those unfavorable happenings are instantly forgotten. It's just like you're cranky and penniless from a rough day at school, and you suddenly step on a penny that's just enough to get you your favorite ice cream, and coincidentally, you're exactly adjacent to your favorite ice cream shop. I know that sugar rush will get you in to happier thoughts and a temporary sense of satisfaction. It's also like wearing the wrong clothes for an event, but actually get compliments after. I guess it will not always be unfortunate happenings for us. We are not bound for series of unfortunate events. Every once in a while, we are bound to have our serendipitous moment to give us a sense of actual relief that no matter how destructive a situation is, there's always a good thing that'll suddenly appear to get us out of the hell hole. Even if we think how dire and lonely we think the world is, the world would not want us to have a bad relationship with it. It probably wants us to be happy too. I guess the best things in life aren't the expected ones, but those that are least expected, because they have the hugest effect on us.
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