Things Happen For a Reason- I Just Don't Know What They Are. (published in 2021)

I think we’ve all had moments where something happens in our life and we ask, “Why couldn’t that have happened to me?” or “Why did that happen to me?” As humans, we’re obsessed with finding out the “whys” behind things. It helps us understand the vast universe we live in and cope with the sheer uncertainty of it all. For some, the answer is fate. For others, it’s the spiritual law of cause and effect known as karma. Some just think that things happen absolutely at random without any metaphysical influence. We think that questions will lead to answers, but they usually end up leading to more questions instead.

I’m writing about this topic because I've thinking about it a lot lately (I even went through a free will versus determinism rabbit hole.) Three ideas that have helped me cope with the outcomes of life are these: