everything happens for a reason

everything happens for a reason

1. Used for consolation, possibly self-consolation, after someone has experienced something unfavorable or unpleasant, and hence encouragement to make the best of the situation.
   • 1978, Donald Myrus, Dog Catalog, page 251:

     I also believe that everything happens for a reason, so as the tears and self-pity subsided, I knew that there must be another way in which my newfound knowledge and Punch's sparkling desire to perform could be utilized.

   • 1996, Tzvi Jacobs, Truths Revealed: Modern Day Stories of Faith & Miracles, page 10:

     Okay, everything happens for a reason. All is for the good. Only fear G-d. All the Chassidic dictums about life were racing through my mind.

   • 1998, Pamela Judith Aronson, Coming of Age in the 1990s: Women's Identities, Life Paths,, and Attitudes Towards Feminism, page 92:

     As she put it, “I keep telling myself,'everything HAPPENS for a reason. 'So, I mean I think everything happens for a reason, and hopefully something positive will come out of it.

   • 2003, Tom Mould, Choctaw Prophecy: A Legacy for the Future, page 161:

     Louise Wilson notes that everything happens for a reason. She believes the adversity she has faced in her life only serves to make her stronger.

   • 2005, Charles Edward Jones, Daniel Ledwith, Finding Freedom in Forgiveness, page 136:

     Everything happens for a reason. I don't think I would be alive if I did not have that hope.

   • 2006, Jon Gordon, The 10-minute Energy Solution: A Proven Plan to Increase Your Energy, Reduce Your Stress, and Transform Your Life, page 193:

     At that moment this incredible feeling of peace came over me, and I was filled with a belief that everything happens for a reason. I realized that I lost my job for a reason, and I needed to trust that everything would work out.

   • 2019, Jacqueline Harvey, Everything Happens for a Reason, page 412:

     I also remember when you told us all that your mother would say “Everything happens for a reason” from time to time when you were a girl and that helped with the choice that was made on behalf of the firm.

   • 1978, Donald Myrus, Dog Catalog, page 251:

     I also believe that everything happens for a reason, so as the tears and self-pity subsided, I knew that there must be another way in which my newfound knowledge and Punch's sparkling desire to perform could be utilized.