Everything happens for a reason...

ye i think so.. some things happen for a reason..

i went to a works christmas party with a female friend when i was 18, i had been partying for 2 weeks and had no money left but it was her works christmas party and she insisted i go since she won the lottery numbers at work that day she would pay.

i never got dressed up, i was wearing loose black office clothing, there was 2 branches of the company at the party. A lot of nice guys , blonde blue eyes body builders, which was my thing back then. I got lots of attention but i was in a relationship kind of with an army lad who had been home on leave 2 weeks but was off with his mates i'd not seen him.

Then a gorgeous bum walked passed me at eye level , he turned around looked straight into my eyes smiled and said.. im going to marry you. i laughed but we started talking and a whole weekend passed, you could'nt seperate us, he proposed 6 weeks later and 3 days after that i found i was pregnant, we had 4 babies within 5 years. ( i was never supposed to be able to conceive i have pcos). We were together 20 year last christmas..

Neither of us should have been at that party, my friend worked at one branch and his brother worked at another, we both had no money and were forced to go to the party , we had both just moved back into the area a couple of months before. Later we found we had at different times in our youth we had always had the chance to meet but never did.
1. his brother and him were in the same school year as my brother when i was 5-10 yrs right next to my school.
2. he told me how he moved away from the area but came back one weekend on a night out and ended up fighting with a lad, i was about 15 then, i seen the fight but a pillar in the building was hiding the guy that was fighting the lad i was out with. It was him lol
3. his brother had a fight with a guy who was seeing his ex wife, that guy was the best mate of my boyfriend at 16.

4. i moved about 200 miles away when i was 16 went to college for 2 yrs. when i came back all the lads i had known as mates growing up were asking me out and i had said nooooooo... he had moved to spain to live for the summer at least and came home at christmas and met me.

he had been good friends and hanging around with all the same people i knew all our lives, but on the other side of town mostly but we never met lol

Every cause is followed by an effect. So yeah I believe everything happens for a reason. And that reason is who you are.

They claim everything happens for a reason. Do you believe that??? Can you share any stories that made you realize that was the reason why things happened the way they did?

Yes, I do. I used to be really into this idea, too. But now I realize that the reason that some things happen isn't always a good reason. So I just stick to positive stuff when I say "everything happens for a reason".

They claim everything happens for a reason. Do you believe that??? Can you share any stories that made you realize that was the reason why things happened the way they did?

I think it's strictly literally true...and a completely inane statement.
There is a reason everything happens. But that doesn't mean there was a plan.

Every cause is followed by an effect. So yeah I believe everything happens for a reason. And that reason is who you are.

Yay Science!
Cause & Effect

No. Things happen because people make them happen.

^^^ this

Just keep looking at the flowers Lizzie

Lmao TWD reference

I do believe that some things happen for a reason, but it would take an essay to tell you about all the different things that proved it to me. Some people will never believe that, but some of us have had enough proof in our lives that we have no choice but to believe it. I do also believe that it is not what you go through, but how you go through it. I know that things are not going to go perfect through my life, but I just keep trying to do the best I can even through bad times.

I don't agree....things happen because people make them happen. Then they say something like "everything happens for a reason" or "if it's meant to be it will be".

I do agree that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger! This has been my year for that!

My husband's response to that mantra is- "but what if it doesn't kill you, but leaves you in a coma, or a quadriplegic? You definitely are not stronger!"

He can be :laugh: such a killjoy sometimes!

Actually, my husband is quadriplegic and is a lot stronger (mentally than most people on here). But whatever makes you laugh.

Everything happens for a reason for sure, but the outcome isn't always the one you want.

Each choice we make and each event shapes us and moves us in a direction. If we are lucky they move us in a good direction, but our choices are a big part of it.

I love my job and wouldn't be here if I didn't turn down another job that wasn't quite right at the time, I also would not have been out of work when my dad took a turn for the worse and passed away. So yes my choice did put me in a place, but it was my choice to say no.

I live by this. I guess it's how it helps me get through rough times and make sense of "bad things". I believe that everything in your life happens for a reason and sometimes it takes hindsight and perspective to understand what that reason is and then hopefully you will have the ability to learn and grow stronger from it.