Going by the Adage- Whatever happens, It happens for the Good.
Hit by bouts of philosophies in life, jotting down some random thoughts.
Haven't u ever told yourself "Whatever happens, happens for good" and resigned yourselves to your fate, that dark clouds would move out soon and show its silver line.
But at the same have u ever been blessed with that moment of truth, looking back at the trace of events and analyzing it that Yes indeed it has been truly for my good.
The 1st half no doubt one can come up with umpteen occasions to narrate, but the second half is much harder to correlate to.
Life is governed by uncertainties to spice it up. We don't know whats in store for us tomorrow. All one can resign to is Live in the present and enjoy the present and be prepared for the future. There are umpteen misfortunate things that happen in our life, that life presents itself to make us more strong with passing times.
A simple example befitting this theory would be what u might have gone though in ur teens. As an youngster, not procuring an admission in a top educational institute may be a huge setback after all the sweat poured out in high school. This negative impression however is ephemeral until u graduate out of college and set straight ur career path. Looking back one realizes (maybe or maybe not) that the initial set back wasn't after all bad, the disappointment propels u to work even more harder towards achieving higher goals. However, the real challenge is in saddling the disappointment and looking ahead in life and glean the best out of the present.
A lot of times we seek the blessings of God and move forward in His name, with a spiritual faith with that things will fall in place soon, very soon.
This simple high school disappointment is a trivial sampler. As life moves one realizes that life is a long roller coaster ride. What seems disappointment at one stage in life wouldn't look the same, looking back 10 years down the lane, for u realize the Goodness in it and the benefits u reaped out of it. So one can console ourselves when in a negative spiral of emotions that just hold on and hang on to faith that Pinnacle would soon come, but u never know when, how soon....
All said n done, of course there are certain sequence of events in life, which one just cant decipher even after several years.
God had bestowed us with only a certain degree of freedom in controlling our lives, a 360 degree of freedom is not in our best interest. What lies in our best interest is controlling whatever that lies within our reach and leaving the rest to God.
Maybe some day you might decipher why certain xyz event happened in ur life and can smile back on the feelings you went through at that time and be content on this new uncontrollable path which had evolved and through which you have walked. Hm mm....In this positives note, taking life as continuous learning experience we move forward and look forward to such "Moment of Truth" that can deeply instill positive attitude within oneself