When things don’t go our way, we sometimes adopt a selfish perspective by saying, “Everything happens for a reason.” This implies that as a result of this disappointment, you will be rewarded next time. However, we often don’t see what needs to be learned from this disappointment. It might be something about ourselves or an understanding of how this disappointment fits into the web of life. Instead, we can say, “All things serve a purpose,” knowing that this disappointment is a piece of the larger, multidimensional puzzle.
