Everything Happens for a Reason

Hi,
I want to talk about another way I like to think. Everything happens for a reason. This kind of relates to my earlier post on the difference between why and how (so if you haven't read it yet I highly recommend reading it to help understand.). Now this way of thinking where everything has a reason helps self esteem kinda. It also helps you appreciate all of the small things that people would normally find completely ordinary. But we, we are not ordinary. If you take the time to read this you deserve to try it out. This has helped me so much in life.

This is really hard to explain but take it like this: basically all I"m saying isss: everything happens for a reason. that's it. But everyone's reasons are different. You will find small and big and medium sized things in life that happen for your benefit. Like me riding in the car with my sisters and on of their boyfriends while they blasted the music. I could have ducked under the windows so no one would see me, but I was placed in that situation for a reason, and I learned a life lesson. Instead of hiding so no one would see me, I sang along. It's mostly symbolic. Think about it. I found two other life lessons today, symbolic things that happened. Because everything happens for a reason. 

Now this way of thinking may seem self-centered because you're kind of taking in everything as something to your own benefit, something that happened for you. But technically, this is mostly a mental thing. You might look at a puddle and find its reason for you while someone else might look at the same puddle and find its reason for them. Or finding something symbolic could inspire you to do something that will benefit others by your action that they will interpret a reason for, for them. Yeah,  it gets confusing. But sometimes you just have to lay outside on grass and stare at the sky and think. Sometimes I think so much I literally get a headache. I question everything that science brings. They have no true evidence for anything. But of course, I go along with the whole science thing. Because I have to for school. I've learned to adapt to the school standards stuff without changing the way I think. Like how books are labeled fiction, nonfiction, fantasy, etc. To me. that's all options. Just because those stupid scientists haven't seen unicorns before doesn't mean they don't exist. Scientists can be so stuck-up. Yeah I know I will probably be a scientist when I grow up but I won't be like that. Hopefully I'll follow through with this kind of things. Opinions interest me. And so does, obviously, how each person's brain thinks differently.

But I've gotten side tracked. It happens a lot.


So all in all, if you haven't gotten the point yet, there is a reason behind every little thing in this world. To me, the reasons are a lot of the time just like to make me smile and remember to appreciate the little things. Like when I saw this dog that was overly happy to see me, it was 14 years old and had the amazing energy of a puppy. That dog made me smile. The smile could have been it's purpose/reason.
Also, part of this whole way of thinking is just part of how I like to remain optimistic. Sometimes this optimism kills me in ways but it brought me this far, didn't it? I'm happy with my life and I hate complaining. People can just sit around in a giant pit of self-pity and complaints, or they can get up and do something with their life.

One of my favorite quotes (I'm crazy about good quotes) "There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints." ~Rita Dove.
This is partially how I became to notice and appreciate the reasons for everything more. I was tired of complaining, I wanted to do something productive. That's just who I am.


Thank you for taking the time to read all of this, your lazyness should never overcome your will power to learn.