In the early times, any resolved questions belong to the arms of science and the remaining perplexing ones to magic…
Everything inexplicable or undesirable end up being backed up by the notion that everything happens for a reason. Humans as we are, we all like to succumb to that. That everything has already been laid up on us, and that everything that has happened, is happening, or about to happen is written by the same hand. Yours. Mine. His. That we are nothing but threads in the tapestry of Life. You and I and everyone form part of the greater picture of the universe woven by Fate herself.
Some people subscribe to a similar idea, that their fate is chosen by God Himself and that they can no longer alter what is designed. That winning the lottery is God’s way of giving random blessings. And losing your right limb is a prompt expiation of your sins, whether menial or not, which leave you thinking some other ones commit deadly sins but how could they enjoy life? Life is unfair. Is God unfair for not making you a star of His divine plan? Is Fate to blame for lacing you at the hem of this tapestry of life?
I guess it’s a psychological selection- buckling under the belief that everything happens for a reason. When good things happen to me, sometimes I like to thing that it happened for a cause, for a greater purpose, and it brings me peace. When bad things happen, I just have to think that greater things will come along sooner, and then it brings me peace. Thinking that way is helpful in a cosmic sense but for some people it is just so hurtful. For people who have been victims of abuse, they struggle for the justification of what has happened to them. And then it becomes a psychological issue unless by their own willpower they learn to channel them to things, or through emotions.
I guess if it is more fruitful for you to believe that things don’t happen for a reason because we can make things happen by our own reasons then so be it. For it is also sensible to think that good things happen to bad and good people alike. Likewise, bad things happen to good and bad people. God gave us free willpower and it is a matter of self-control to make choices. Sometimes if something fouls up I would like to think that some divine powers are at play to remove myself from the blame. Ha! This is the beauty of being human- we can rationalize about the way things are the way we want it.
Everything inexplicable or undesirable end up being backed up by the notion that everything happens for a reason. Humans as we are, we all like to succumb to that. That everything has already been laid up on us, and that everything that has happened, is happening, or about to happen is written by the same hand. Yours. Mine. His. That we are nothing but threads in the tapestry of Life. You and I and everyone form part of the greater picture of the universe woven by Fate herself.
Some people subscribe to a similar idea, that their fate is chosen by God Himself and that they can no longer alter what is designed. That winning the lottery is God’s way of giving random blessings. And losing your right limb is a prompt expiation of your sins, whether menial or not, which leave you thinking some other ones commit deadly sins but how could they enjoy life? Life is unfair. Is God unfair for not making you a star of His divine plan? Is Fate to blame for lacing you at the hem of this tapestry of life?
I guess it’s a psychological selection- buckling under the belief that everything happens for a reason. When good things happen to me, sometimes I like to thing that it happened for a cause, for a greater purpose, and it brings me peace. When bad things happen, I just have to think that greater things will come along sooner, and then it brings me peace. Thinking that way is helpful in a cosmic sense but for some people it is just so hurtful. For people who have been victims of abuse, they struggle for the justification of what has happened to them. And then it becomes a psychological issue unless by their own willpower they learn to channel them to things, or through emotions.
I guess if it is more fruitful for you to believe that things don’t happen for a reason because we can make things happen by our own reasons then so be it. For it is also sensible to think that good things happen to bad and good people alike. Likewise, bad things happen to good and bad people. God gave us free willpower and it is a matter of self-control to make choices. Sometimes if something fouls up I would like to think that some divine powers are at play to remove myself from the blame. Ha! This is the beauty of being human- we can rationalize about the way things are the way we want it.
