The Universe's Reasons

I'm one of those people who believes everything happens for a reason. Sometimes that's a real crappy philosophy, I know. I don't think it works passively. Meaning, you do effect the outcome of things. Your decisions and actions and words and emotions all matter. It's just at the end of the day or year or life or whatever, there were forces bigger than you out there at play.

I personally refer to this larger-than-me force as the Universe. And sometimes the Universe and I are at odds - with timing, with outcome, with a lot of different things. But for the most part the Universe and I seem to get along.

I saw a crappy movie this weekend (The Adjustment Bureau). I mean it wasn't TERRIBLE - it just wasn't really my thing. But it did focus on this idea of a master plan being laid out for people. It played with the notion that someone or something is pulling the strings in your life. The main characters of the movie don't agree with the master plan set out for them and therefore fight it.

Wasn't a big fan of the movie, but it did get me thinking about this idea of everything happens for a reason. Because a lot of times we don't know what the reason is at the time. A lot of times we never know what the reason is. And you can get caught up in trying to figure it out or you can just live your life.

More importantly than events, I think everyone I encounter has a reason for being in my life. And no, I don't always know what the reason is. I don't know why some people get 15 yrs. I don't know why some only get 15 minutes. I don't know why there are those people who time stands still for. I'm not sure why some people enter and leave like a tornado on a path of destruction. But I know there has got to be a reason. There's got to be a reason I love who I love, a reason I fight for who I fight for, I learn from who I learn from, I help who I help, I laugh with who I laugh with and everything else.

There's a reason you guys are all in my life. That's all I'm saying. And I don't really care what that reason is - just know I'm happy to have ya here.

So thanks Universe.

Hey

Wow - it's been awhile. And it seems like both a lot and very little has happened since whenever I wrote last. Strange. Anyway, just thought I'd drop by and say hey.

And a real thought from your resident faux expert:
Embrace change. Embrace new. Embrace whatever it is the universe is throwing at you. Don't fight it, embrace it. Because you never know what will come from it all. 

That's all for now. Yay.