This philosophical and religious question can be underneath many of our difficult conversations. I explain the reasons why people feel differently about this issue in an essay for the online site UpJourney. Read my contribution as well those from many others
I read a number of the responses to the question does everything happen for a reason, and Karen, I think yours was one of the best. Humans look for patterns, reasons, causes. Then, we build belief systems that explain why things happen. Even if the belief system says things happen randomly. Several other writers and you also talk about learning from what happens, and I do believe this opportunity exists in all of our experiences.
I read a number of the responses to the question does everything happen for a reason, and Karen, I think yours was one of the best. Humans look for patterns, reasons, causes. Then, we build belief systems that explain why things happen. Even if the belief system says things happen randomly. Several other writers and you also talk about learning from what happens, and I do believe this opportunity exists in all of our experiences.