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Originally Posted by andrew  I don't know how much I agree with the fact of destiny, but I know things happen for a reason, and wow, realization just this second, I think that the "reason" is a result of the LOA. |
Okay, I am still struggling with understanding the whole LOA thing, but something did come to mind when I read this so I will share it.
I don't believe that things happen for a reason. I believe that good and bad come out of everything, and people (generally speaking) focus on the good things so that the bad experiences aren't in vain. Does that make sense? For instance, my mom did drugs when I was younger. Because of that my sister and I were raised by my grandparents instead of her, and because we were raised by my grandparents we were raised in a very stable and loving home and also have serious abandonment and anger issues when it comes to my mom. I don't think that the reason any of that happened was specifically so that my sister and I would be raised how we were anymore than I think things happened that way specifically so that we would also have abandonment issues and have to deal with our anger towards her for not being there. What I do think is that we both want to be happy, and focusing on the good that came out of it instead of the bad let's us find happiness.
What I don't know is whether or not how I see my experiences results in my lack of belief in a higher power, or if my lack of belief in a higher power is what interprets how I view my experiences (did that even make sense?). LOL. And even more importantly, do any of my thoughts that I just typed out have a single thing to do with the LOA?
