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“It was meant to be” — “Everything happens for a reason”

The two above quotes are two statements that I hear quite often. Sometimes, even I say them unknowingly, or at least I draw several conclusions and use those statements to justify certain actions or outcomes. But are they true?

Honestly, I think not. After having a brief conversation with a friend of mine, the conversation ended with him saying something about his life story and how the way he was feeling was “already planned” – or something along those lines. No, I’m in no way a religious person, but I am aware that some religions suggests that your life and the things that occur in it were pre-planned.

I can’t seem to find the logic in such statements. Hearing them, I immediately began to ask myself several questions like the ones below:

If a person kills someone, why do we punish him or her? – If such an event was “meant to be” then is the person who committed the brutal crime really responsible? Should he/she be punished?

Often times when you end a relationship with a loved one, when someone dies, or even when you fail a test. Does you really believe that the outcome of the situations happened for a reason? Continue Reading»

Do you believe that there is a light at the end of every tunnel?

Being a person who battles with both external and internal problems on a daily basis, I’d like to think that there is a light at the end of every tunnel. You might ask yourself, “What does that mean?” To me it means that despite all the crap and negativity you come across, there is still something positive following it.

I only believe such because if things were so bad, why would I be given the chance to live another day? I’ve realized, especially after recent events that even the happiest people in the world have their own battles to face – and ultimately, no one is given the benefit of the doubt; we’re all just given a life to live. Life is a struggle, no doubt and life is…well let’s call it a tunnel. Some of us have longer tunnels than others, consider that one’s lifespan…one’s amount of time to endure certain events both good and bad. We can run through those tunnels and rush life, or we can walk at a comfortable pace and take on everything life has to offer. Continue Reading»

I haven’t posted a “down” blog in a while. Tried not to…but I must. Venting, for a lot of us, including myself is sometimes the best way to come back to a state of mind that is at least “livable,” or in other words – able to help us make it through yet another day because truthfully, sometimes I rather not see tomorrow come because that would only mean that I’d have to live through what makes me happy for yet another day. I’m a great person…I really am sure of it – so when something happens to me that brings me to this state of mind I’m only able to question “Why me?” The bad part about asking such a question is that no one can answer that question. In the event that this does take place, I’m immediately able to conclude that Life has no favorites, and that even when you do good, you better still expect and prepare for the worse. Continue Reading»