I often find myself wondering these questions.
"Why did this happen?" "Was it meant to be?" "Is this God's plan or was it unintentional?"
In my wise age of 19 and 1/2, I have come to think this: Not everything happens for a reason. Because, if it DID, would we have free agency to choose our choices? If God had everything planned for a reason, why would we be here?
I have heard the saying that "everything happens for a reason" continually repeated by friends, loved ones, and people I don't even know throughout my life. And today I am thinking otherwise... but here is something else I think.
Everything may not happen for a reason, people make choices that may affect you negatively or positively; you never know what is going to happen. BUT - you CAN choose to make the best out of any situation. You can LET the things that happen to you, happen for a reason. You can look at the experience, and ASK what you can take away from it. You can let it define you, or GROW from it. You can CHOOSE to let something happen to you for a reason, all you have to do is find it.
