Everything happens for a reason. I keep hearing that. Why do people say it? Is it true? Or is it just a poor excuse meant to make us feel better when things don’t work out the way we had hoped?

I guess it’s easier to blame fate or a weird and unfortunate alignment of planets than to actually acknowledge that it was our actions that led to a certain development of things. Less painful.

But then…if we blame anything other than ourselves…doesn’t that mean that we never learn from our mistakes?

Be brave. Take responsibility. Do better next time.