Life is full of surprises...MAGGIE'S PLAN

Usually ether are two ways to go in life: either you can choose put you life in hands of destiny and let it guide you through it, being surprised by the turns life will have for you, and you just enjoying the ride and taking life as it comes, or you can be on the planning side, where you like to have control of things, organizing every step on the way and when things go on different ways, because they will, making a stop to plan the next move. But wish life would be as simple as that, but sadly for some and fortunately for others, it is not. Life is full of surprises and the lesson this time is that no on a has total control over it, sometimes you need to just let it be and enjoy the ride and accept the fact that will be some twists or realize that others you'll need to take control of it, be responsable of your decisions and plan and guide your life the way you expect it to be or through some direction that looks better for you. And if you still not a believer then i have some answers for you and it's called "Maggie's Plan" (2016), a new indie film that moves toward comedy more than drama but definitely has some a long the way just as life is and even doesn't take it too seriously while showing you some mysterious ways that life likes to take to play with human emotions and feelings, specially when we are trying to be racional through emotional moments or be too emotional when taking decisions.

This is the story of Maggie, a young teacher that after being raised by a lovely mom and after being successful at her career, teaching and with a PhD, she realizes that she doesn't need a man in her life to become a mom and do the same that she had and raised a child by her own after realized that all guys are some kind of dicks these days. So she makes an agreement with another young guy, a mathematician that looks more like a hipster but own a successful business of organic pickles that she loves, and agrees to donate sperm to her with no involvement to rise the kid. So this works perfect according to her plan. But wait, she didn't planned that in the meantime she'll meet another professor that is suffering from a meltdown in his marriage, being shadowed by his wife, another successful writer, so after some kind of confusion, life twists, they start sharing some of their work and personal stuff getting closer to each other. But what looks like the perfect timing for romance it's not who she is finally truing to get pregnant and the new professor confesses his love for her.

Time passes and they are married and had a kid. She helps him with his other children from his first marriage and now she is being a supportive wife, the opposite of what he had before, so now he is the one out of the shadow and it's been self involved and seems like a different person from the guy that she fall for, and lesson learned, that's why people date, so they get to know each other, not just assuming that because there was a connection it will match perfectly, or because we share some personal stuff or professional views that make two people a good fit for each other. There is a lot more to be aware of. We tend to overthink when comes to relationships as arrange marriages. Assuming is all about a connection when this comes in different forms, like just physical attraction or professional success, or family values, shared goals, and truth is, we need a mix of all, balance, a little bit of this and a bit of that so we can make it work in the long run. So when Maggie realizes these after 3 years trapped in a marriage with a kid and a husband we doesn't recognize anymore she has an idea, a new plan for her life: she needs to reconnect her husband with her ex wife, because they seem perfect for each other, and they are not, it just seemed like that because the timing but not in real life, so makes a plan and start trying to get them together, until they go on a same trip out of the country and spend some time together and after drinks and some honest conversation they realize the spark is still there.

We as humans evolve, we are not the same every few years because circumstances make us adapt and we learn from experience for bad or good, we get though, or stronger, or emotional, we revaluate priorities and we get closer or distance from others because everyone's needs, things can't be always the same so we need to learn to identify why things are happening and why we thinking or feeling that way for now. Sometimes we are selfish and self involved seeking success or any validation that each of us as individual need to keep going, some are pursuing professional success, others popularity, some others love, or respect or friendships, or money, or power, or accomplish goals from a check list but for sure everybody is looking for something, so it is important to identify what is that you are looking for and what the people that cross paths are looking, because as we are all some kind of connected and we live in a society that determines most of our actions we tend to use others intentionally or unconsciously to achieve those things, that's why sometimes we see so many couples that we don't understand how come are they together if since other perspectives they don't seem right for each other, but happens that in their own bubble they are a good fit, maybe not the right one but definitely they fit, for example one can be anxious so the other brings the calm and peace that the other needs, or someone is emotional unstable but the other is too insecure that believes that will change and be the one that is looking for, so both match, not for the right things but at the end works out.

That's what Maggie, will figure out and learn, that even she is trying to have all control in her life and make things to happen for her and everybody in her life, she is no one to manipulate them and just have to learn to things be the way they are supposed to be and she need to focus in what she need and what she really needs more than what she wants. And even all this sounds too serious and perfectly right for an award nominee drama, this should be an award nominee comedy because the characters are so well defined and the script is so well written that every line feels as real and funny as any fart, and will make you root for any of these beloved characters and their search for love while looking as normal as any neighbor of yours or any person that you have met before, because we all have made some bad decisions and we all are looking for something and we all have a plan, at least in our minds but these New Yorkers, performed for a great cast that includes Ethan Hawk, Julianne Moore, Greta Gerwig and new comer Travis Fimmel  will show us that is not a big city thing but a life thing to get trapped in the search for happiness and achieve goals while meeting people and trying to connect with them, but sometimes and most of them, the right person cross our path several times, it;s just us the blind ones not being able to identify it because we  are so invested on following the plan, afraid of being distracted, but life works in mysterious ways, so all we need is to learn how to identify them and we'll be able to follow the clues for better plans and decisions and still be surprised along the way and there's someone out there for you, they just come in shapes and forms different that what we planned to be, we just need to open our eyes to see the real connection and they will take form of that other half we've been looking for, because life is full of surprises, so just be open to be surprised and stop be a control freak or free spirit, balance is key and this comedy is one really well done that you don't want to miss it.