Bad Things Happen For a Reason
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I tend to find what goes around comes around. I'm not religious or superstitious. But, you know, karma's a *****. I've found that to be increasingly true over the years.
Do bad things happen for a reason? I wouldn't say that. I'd say something will happen to fix the equilibrium. Bad shit happens, but good shit will balance it all out in the end eventually. Karma will find a way. It always does.
Do bad things happen for a reason? I wouldn't say that. I'd say something will happen to fix the equilibrium. Bad shit happens, but good shit will balance it all out in the end eventually. Karma will find a way. It always does.
Bad things leading to something good. Allow me to think on that for a second.
Oh, I ripped my knee open once, that turned out well because... ehh... Ok, bad example.
I'm on heart medication just recently because of inherited bad genes (heart diseases and such lies in my fathers side of the family), that's good because... hmm...
I damaged my head once, so my short-term memory is unreliable at best, that's good because... umm... I can unsee stuff that doesn't burn itself into my brain?
*sigh* I'm grasping at straws here. Guess this line of thinking doesn't work for me =/
Oh, I ripped my knee open once, that turned out well because... ehh... Ok, bad example.
I'm on heart medication just recently because of inherited bad genes (heart diseases and such lies in my fathers side of the family), that's good because... hmm...
I damaged my head once, so my short-term memory is unreliable at best, that's good because... umm... I can unsee stuff that doesn't burn itself into my brain?
*sigh* I'm grasping at straws here. Guess this line of thinking doesn't work for me =/
Nothing bad that's happened to me has EVER had a good side to it. So I believe Laverne is full of shit!
No, I don't think bad things happen for a reason.
I don't get overtly negative about it either though, I think it's healthier to try and focus on the positive, or appreciate what I have.
I've also been exceedingly fucking lucky in life, all things considered.
I don't get overtly negative about it either though, I think it's healthier to try and focus on the positive, or appreciate what I have.
I've also been exceedingly fucking lucky in life, all things considered.
Put a little harshly, but I can agree with the overarching sentiment: Taking your own sweet life, and saying "everything happens for a reason lols. when my gran died it was all alright because i got more in contact with others hehe" is EXTREMELY ignorant and PISSES ALL OVER people who have had ACTUAL BAD SHIT HAPPEN.TheHmm said:
Some tragic shit has happened to me. Did any of it happen for good reason? NO.
Did any of it have some unforseen good/cool consequence(s)? FUCK NO.
I am angered by topics such as these.
Isn't the forum 13+?
Give me a break!
Of course. Everything happens for a reason. The reason for a little girl getting stabbed is in the mind of the stabber. Probably something to do with pent-up hatred or simple psychosis and a desire to see the little girl bleed.
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But seriously, the rhetoric "everything happens for a reason" is a misrepresentation of language. I guess "higher purpose" takes too long to say. Do I think there's some driving force behind every act anyone commits leading toward some grand purpose? No. No I don't.
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But seriously, the rhetoric "everything happens for a reason" is a misrepresentation of language. I guess "higher purpose" takes too long to say. Do I think there's some driving force behind every act anyone commits leading toward some grand purpose? No. No I don't.
Godberry, King of the Juice!RobCoxxy said:
Ok, so... sometimes bad things lead to good things, sure. Not always. and sometimes it does but it's not clear.
Don't get me wrong, I believe in God and all, but if you try to convince people of something like that, you're bound to piss off a good amount of people (which has happened here it seems).
Yeah, you're right! Like when Haiti was hit with an earthquake, it was all better when they got hit by a hurricane.Master Steeds said:
I'm not buying it. Bad things happen because shit happens. It's not some fate crap, and they are not always followed by good things.
OT: Not really. I usually think things through to the point where I know something good will come out of a situation, so it's a good situation. Take for example the divorce of my parents. Normally people are all broken up about it, I was screaming at my dad to get the hell out. I wanted it, I needed it. I would consider the divorce of my parents to be a positive thing.
I say Yes and No. But really, it's more like "Sometimes a bad thing might lead to good later, surprisingly"
For me, My college advisors lied to me and withheld information, preventing me from going into computer science (which I really wanted), and leading me to get a degree in something I sucked at.
Well, I ended up working for a year, and although it sucked, I now am doing pretty well financially. Plus, I met a REALLY good friend when I eventually came BACK to college to do the CompSci (after finding out I actually could go into it), and then after talking to a GOOD advisor, I got right into university, and due to the timing of it all, I then met my girlfriend, who is totally freakin' awesome.
So yeah, I wasted 3 years of my life, but I matured a bit, I met an awesome friend, and I met an amazing girl. Fair enough trade, I guess. XD
For me, My college advisors lied to me and withheld information, preventing me from going into computer science (which I really wanted), and leading me to get a degree in something I sucked at.
Well, I ended up working for a year, and although it sucked, I now am doing pretty well financially. Plus, I met a REALLY good friend when I eventually came BACK to college to do the CompSci (after finding out I actually could go into it), and then after talking to a GOOD advisor, I got right into university, and due to the timing of it all, I then met my girlfriend, who is totally freakin' awesome.
So yeah, I wasted 3 years of my life, but I matured a bit, I met an awesome friend, and I met an amazing girl. Fair enough trade, I guess. XD
There is no 'reason'. Bad things just happen, and if you learn something positive from the experience, so be it. Teleology on a personal level comes across as incredibly arrogant.
Unless, of course, you're of a religious persuasion, in which case an all-seeing and benevolent deity is screwing with you in order to see whether you should suffer eternal torment. Which is also nifty.
Unless, of course, you're of a religious persuasion, in which case an all-seeing and benevolent deity is screwing with you in order to see whether you should suffer eternal torment. Which is also nifty.
me getting bullied led me too leaving my school.
The good thing is that I got transfered to a school where the teacher care about their students
The good thing is that I got transfered to a school where the teacher care about their students
In a sense, yes, bad things happen for a reason, in that all things have at least one cause. These are the things I find it crucial to study, so as not to waste a perfectly healthy disaster. Everything should be in some way a learning experience.
But this sentiment is more typically connected with a sense of the mystical, as in, someone or something intended this to be a lesson to me. This helps in dealing with the traumatic nature of whatever we're going through, but ultimately skews our perspective. If you haven't been able to guess yet, I'm undecided on the whole divinity issue - while I don't think I'm ready to believe that the Great Mystery has a direct, personal hand in my life, some of the sheer improbability of my existence to this point can't help but make me wonder.
Whether you believe in making the best of all situations, or that this was intended to better you somehow, the main point is this: you can't just let misfortune defeat you, but assume a lesson from everything.
But this sentiment is more typically connected with a sense of the mystical, as in, someone or something intended this to be a lesson to me. This helps in dealing with the traumatic nature of whatever we're going through, but ultimately skews our perspective. If you haven't been able to guess yet, I'm undecided on the whole divinity issue - while I don't think I'm ready to believe that the Great Mystery has a direct, personal hand in my life, some of the sheer improbability of my existence to this point can't help but make me wonder.
Whether you believe in making the best of all situations, or that this was intended to better you somehow, the main point is this: you can't just let misfortune defeat you, but assume a lesson from everything.
I've always been of the belief that in the end the ruling forces of the world are chaos and chance. I've believed that the same was true for good and bad things. There isn't really a reason for anything to happen. Things just are. Unfortunately something bad has happened recently in my life. A friend of mine suddenly and unexpectedly met an untimely end. Truthfully I really can't see any reason that this happened and I also don't care. I would much rather see my friend alive and laughing as he always did again than learn any lesson. It just isn't worth it.