Does Everything Happen for a Reason?

Описание: One of the things you will commonly hear with people that are working in the domain of spirituality or working on transforming and recovery is you might hear the term, "Everything happens for a reason."

For me, working in a treatment setting, it is something I usually hear from somebody. And when I hear it, I actually think it is a good sign.

The story will go something like this

Somebody comes in and there is almost always some difficulty that has happened. Some challenge that has happened that brought them into treatment--a DUI, an issue with a spouse, an issue at work. Something has coerced them to go. Okay. Okay. Okay. I need to get some help.

It is very rare when somebody just comes in because they had a revelation. So I will be working with somebody in treatment and, you know, essentially they have a lot of wreckage in their life. Something has been devastated.

“I think that everything happened for a reason”

So they are depressed and they are having a difficult time. They do not want to be there and [wonder] what the hell happened to my life and all this stuff. Then you will see the mood start to shift and you might hear something after a couple of weeks when you are sitting in a group.

I am facilitating a group and somebody will say, "You know, this has been really difficult. This has been one of the hardest things that I have ever had to go through...But now looking back at what happened and having found myself here, I think that everything happened for a reason."

So for me, that is where the phrase came from. I think when you have those kinds of phrases when they stick and they are passed down, it is because they are pointing to a certain kind of experience that people have.

That is not just people in recovery. Anybody can have that kind of experience.

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