Can it really be true that everything happens for a reason? As amazing as it sounds I believe it's true, but what I'm careful to point out here, is that I'm not saying I feel that everything happens for a good reason - but just that there is 'a' reason. And by-the-way, I don't want to get into the far more complicated matter of what 'good' means, since the word itself relies heavily on ones' perspective. After-all, me finding money for instance is good for me...the person who lost it might hold the opposite view. Poor example, okay I know...but I'm using that to say this: I believe there is a significance in every event of life, from the most joyful and empowering to the inexplicable and sorrowful to the downright unfair and unjust.
Of course, sometimes it's easier than other times for me to believe that everything happens for a reason, like when the plans I make come together in some crazy way at the last minute. Then I may say 'ah yes, ..that's why such and such happened'...And then there are those times when I got really sick, or lost my job or a loved one died - it's painful and nothing seems to make any sense. In such times I may remember feeling confused or angry and in those moments I'll believe easily that there is no reason behind any experiences. But then I think. Hang on a second, I don't need to understand everything. I'm not kept awake with worry about my car because I don't understand how it works...I know all I need to know about my car - which is where the fuel goes. So I'm finding that I'm comfortable with living life with a greater appreciation of the questions that it throws up, which I find far more interesting and rewarding ...than chasing after answers.
Here we need absolutely new perspective to view our lives . All material things are transient but few things which will be always associated with us e.g. virtues ,wisdom and pure heart . If we know how to curb our material hunger and feel content with whatever we have with us, we will enter an aura of peace and State of tranquility .
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