Everything Happens for A Reason

You work to pay the bills, you go to school to get ahead in life, and then it all comes crumbling down. I have a belief that everything and I do mean everything happens for a reason. You messed up that relationship because it was practice for the big one, the one that will count one day. You go to school to better yourself so one day, you'll have to job of your dreams. You work really hard and even though your company screws you, you work harder because one day you'll get ahead. You miss the bus one day and guess what it breaks down that afternoon (thank god you drove). You miss that car by an second and the one behind you crashes. Yes, everything happens for a reason. Whether it's good at the time or bad, we all have something we have done that we regret, but will we ever make that mistake again? We learn to become smarter, we learn to grow.
This is stemming from the bad week I have had at work, I got really bad news yesterday at work and had to keep it to myself and let it pick at me all night (which I did not sleep much) Now today everyone got the news I was so lucky to learn last night while sitting in a parking lot on a conference call. Some took it OK, but I left early today to avoid the percussion of it all. I am grateful to still have a job, but the outlook for some is not so good. My boss called me this morning and cushioned the fall for me, so I am very fortunate that this will not effect me as much. Thank god I work for such a great man! All last night I tossed and turned trying to figure out my next step and I just kept thinking why now? When everything is going so well, some very important advances in my career have been taken away from me at least temporarily. But it still SUCKS! There is no better word for it. I just keep telling myself that there are many people out there that have it way worse that me, but when it happens to you it's hard to think about the others. But I try. But in the end everything happens for a reason and I am glad to know my value with the company and one day I have to hope that more good will come out of this than bad. But we live in the now, and that's all we can do.
xoxo