The film I,Daniel Blake was really interesting as it displayed a common and important phenomenon: how new and unexpected scenarios can allow people to feel emotions and experience situations that they grow from. Although Daniel could have looked as his situation negatively and been upset by not being compensated despite his health condition, Daniel learned to forge a new bond with his mother and help her out. They say that in negative situations, that is when true family bonds are forged strongly. In this case, Daniel’s circumstance could be interpreted as “meant to be”, because as a result he was able to connect with his mother on another level. What is most interesting about this incident is how Daniel did not necessarily fake optimism at every point in the journey. In fact, on the contrary, Daniel let himself feel the emotions of sadness and chose not to act on those emotions at all time. I think this is an important lesson in life. While we do not need to feel satisfied and happy all the time, we can acknowledge that we are upset or angry, etc and not let those emotions completely affect us. As a person that does not deal well with unexpected situations, I am trying to keep this mentality as throughout my life,  I will encounter moments that will throw me off guard, yet they do not need to derail me completely. It can be challenging to distance ourselves from the problems that we encounter but doing so is incredibly important in being able to move on.