Everything happens for a reason,what do you think?

@yenwie84 (1344)
Malaysia
August 2, 2008 11:24pm CST
Sometimes,I wonder whether this is true or not. Everything happens for a reason and just like fated. Example,I knew my boyfriend through internet,he comes from different place from me. But because of business failure,he came to my hometown to find job,and we met because of this reason. Sometimes I think back,if he never failed in his business,now maybe life would be better. But maybe I would never meet him if he did not fail in his business. So what would be the good explanation for this? Do you agree everything happens for a reason? Sometimes,we will regret if we never do that thing,maybe the result will be better. But what would it be if we never take wrong decision? Maybe some good things would never come too. Please share,thanks.
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• United States
3 Aug 08
Well I think we have to think everything happens for a reason. other wise what would you hope for. We all think that we are going to have a story book ending. Meaning we all want to grow old and die happy, probably leaving a family behind that you love very much. So through our jounrney, we call life, if something happens and its bad, then we try to tell ourselves that this happended for a reason. it is supposed to make us stronger. It helps us deal with bad things. Then good things happen and we believe that this is good and it happened for a reason. Taking one step closer to our storybook ending. So I guess what I'm trying to say is that it all boils down to hope. If you take away hope ...... then what do we have left?
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@yenwie84 (1344)
• Malaysia
3 Aug 08
It's make sense in some ways. But somehow,people will tend to use it as an excuse to avoid their responsibility and to make themselves feel better of their mistakes. What do you think about this? Do you agree ? Please share your opinion.
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• United States
3 Aug 08
See I thnk even then things happen for a reason. During life we will make a lot of decissions. Some will impact it greatly and some may not make a difference at all. The people that make the wrong decissions may be choosing the wrong path or they might have just made a mistake. The reason for thses mistakes is that you are supposed to learn from them. So if you use fate as an excuse for you not to do something and it is the wrong choice then maybe it is the leason you learn from it that makes it fate. Most decissions are based on what is right is right and what is wrong is wrong. So I guess what I'm saying is that it is alright to make bad decissions as long as you learn from them.
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@chenmeiyi (972)
• China
3 Aug 08
actually i agree with u 100%. everything happens does for a reason,it is not an accident,it is designed that way. if u saw someone get succeeded in his career,it is at the cost of his devotion,commitment and hard working. everything around us is what we attracted,we are always radiate a magnet signal to the universe and it will give back what u thought.
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• China
3 Aug 08
there is something called law of attraction in the universe. the likes attracts the alike.
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@yenwie84 (1344)
• Malaysia
3 Aug 08
It really makes sense in this way. Maybe sometimes we should appreciate what we are having now,stop complaining,things would be better when we less complain. Lol. Have a nice day.
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@redkathy (3374)
• United States
3 Aug 08
I too believe that everything happens for a reason. How we react and respond when bad things happens shows who we are. I believe God closes doors to one path so that we can look in another direction. Just like your boyfriend finding you. I had a similar situation. I moved to another state with my first husband. We had nothing but trouble and then a bad accident. When I finally recovered, almost a year later, I left him. I then met my current husband, now of 22 years. I had many issues to overcome after the accident and I may have never gotten over it had I not hooked up with him!
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@yenwie84 (1344)
• Malaysia
3 Aug 08
Thanks for sharing. I think all things are fated and there are always reasons why things are in that way.
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@underkcat (132)
• Philippines
3 Aug 08
indeed! everything happens for a reason.. I'm SICK and a lot of people that I meet keep commenting: "I wish you didn't became sick.. I always reply: "If I wasn't then we wouldn't meet" as you go on with your life's journey.. you'll realized, LIFE IS THE REASON
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@yenwie84 (1344)
• Malaysia
3 Aug 08
You have a very good example there,lol. It's really true to say it this way. Sometimes we cannot see bad things that happen around us as totally bad. Enjoy your day.
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@debu004 (182)
• India
3 Aug 08
I too agree to you dear friend that everything happens bcause of a reason.If there wouldn't have been a reason then things wouldn't have happened as they are happening.There are many situations that i have faced which made me feel so depressed in life but when the next good thing happens after that, I feel that if the worst thing wouldn't have happened then this good thing wouldn't have happened also.Life teaches us at each and every path and gives an indication that something happens because of a reason. There are many incidents which i feel it hapened because of a reason.If i start to pen down those incidents then this place won't be sufficient !!!
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@yenwie84 (1344)
• Malaysia
3 Aug 08
Thanks for sharing. You really have spoken from the bottom of my heart,lol. Maybe this is so-called life. Enjoy your day.
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@rocker21 (2716)
• India
3 Aug 08
Yes everything happens for a reason i agree. I have my own life experience. My ex girlfriend betrayed me That time her friend came over to support me. i still forgave my ex but i had feelings for her friend who has gone really close to me. I left my ex for her friend coz i found her my true lover. So we can say that my girl rite now with who i am is cause of my breakup. I have not been so serious with my ex, compared to how serious i am with my present love!. If she had not come back, my ex, and would not have betrayed me on first place, I would have never met her friend who is my lovegirl now. Everything happens for a reason. We had to breakup to get a new life!
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@yenwie84 (1344)
• Malaysia
3 Aug 08
Yes,another good story to share. I mean it fixes my topic here. It's true. Everything happens for a reason,lol. Thanks for sharing. It's great to hear that yo have found your true love. It's not easy to get a true love in our entire life. Cheers!
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@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
4 Aug 08
everything happens for a reason. it does not matter if you fail or you win. there will always be reasons behind the events in your life. however, we just recognize this "everything happens for a reason" quote whenever we get something from something we never expected at all. but actually, there is a reason for everything. i am glad you finally found the love of your life. good thing it was a blessing in disguise! have a happy lovelife!
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@munhozmib (3837)
• Sao Paulo, Brazil
3 Aug 08
Hello, Yenwie84! I do not think that everything happens for a reason. There are things happening which surely are the results of human's choices. Everything happening in your life, with you, is a result of some choice you made. "I lost my job! What now?" - You would not have lost it if you had worked harder, or, who knows, if you had not disappointed your boss. Now, only you can tell the reason that you gave others to fire you. "I was walking and I fell in the ground" - You would not have fallen if you were paying more attention to where you were stepping. So, everything happening to you is a result of your choice, including when you meet someone accidentaly (you had chosen to go to that place, so it was your choice to go there... You just didn't know you'd meet somebody you know). And well, we all make wrong decisions. Wrong decisions bring regrets. Regrets make you think twice before making the same mistake. Respectfully, Munhozmib.
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@chenee08 (591)
• Philippines
3 Aug 08
i am strong believer on that phrase. everything happens for a reason.
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• Philippines
3 Aug 08
Exactly,we can never regret what we have or what we are today.We are just humans,god has a purpose in what we do.He(GOD) didn't want as to fail in life,he did'nt want us to not to fail either.If we all have a good life there would be a problem like if we are all rich and powerful we would keep our wealth and power and that's where anger,envy and other bad attitudes that we would be encountering.And if all of us are poor what would think would happen?No progress!!There's this quote i remembered still stored in my cellphone that says "The Lord did'nt promise us a life where we would never fall.But he assures us of a life where we can rise everytime we fall.
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• China
3 Aug 08
I think "Something happens for a reason" will be better here. There is no exact reason for your meeting through internet at least. In my opinion, he became your boyfriend is not because of his failed business but he loves you. No matter his business is good or not, you may be together once you love each other. Do you agree with me? Thanks for sharing such wonderful story with me. My best for you.
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@zeny_zion (1283)
• Philippines
3 Aug 08
i believed in that too. i know whatever happens bad or good its made to happen. if its painful there will be a time youll be happy. if someone hurt you, time comes hell get punish or karma. Good karma will coming to you. i believe in karma.
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• United States
3 Aug 08
i think everything happens because you are someone makes it happen i belive you choose your own destiny and that your choices will make you who you are in the future
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@yenwie84 (1344)
• Malaysia
3 Aug 08
Thanks for sharing.
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• China
3 Aug 08
It completely depends on you whether you will have a good result.After all you can't foresee your future and so how will you know your result is good?Your attitude towards things is changing with the development of them.As you said,everything happens for a reason.But who can say such a reason must be bad?Those things bad in others' eyes aren't necessarily bad in your eyes either.Actually I don't believe in predestined relationship.Yet when this relationship comes to you all of the sudden,I'm afraid you don't even have time to say you've believed.It's very inexplicable.
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@AshleyHasan (1024)
• India
3 Aug 08
Yes even I believe in that statement. Everything happens for a reason and we can realize that only after we acheive certain things in life. If you are expecting something and that fails we will feel bad about that at that time but after some days we realize that it happend because of this reason or some reason.
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• Japan
3 Aug 08
Yes, Yenwie, everything happens for a reason, sometimes the reason we don't know Many people think, even the idea itself is superstition. Sometimes failures will be the stepstone for the success. We should not be utterly disappointed when we fail sometimes or many times. each failure opens up new ways of trying.
• India
3 Aug 08
heloo ..i also do think that somethings in lyf has to come nad they will no matter how much we avoid them , that`s what called the destiny . it is decided by our past deeds . we get many things in our lyf because it is pre-written in our destiny . but it also does not mean that we shud stop doing what we shud suppose to ..
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• Philippines
3 Aug 08
I remember what I've read from a book few days back. It says there that "God determines what we go through and we determin how we go through it." If I may relate this to your concern, our life is predistined. Even before the moment we were conceived God knows us. He knows what will happen to us. And God is not a God of waste that He'll let a circumstance just to happen without any reason or purpose. But it's a partnership. If we mess everything out, then we'll miss the beautiful life the He prepared for us. Yes it's true, very very true. Everything happened for a reason.
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• Philippines
3 Aug 08
it depends on the persons' personality...
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@charmeyn (82)
• Philippines
3 Aug 08
Yes! I totally agree with you. Everything really happens for a reason. In my case, I've met different people who changed my whole personality and perspective in life.. If it weren't for them, I'd be the same old person I used to be when I was in high school.. I've met them for a reason.. a reason for be to become a better person. Ü
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