Everything Does Happen for a Reason

I was talking to a friend from LI today who told me about an incident regarding her son who attends college in PA. This past weekend he and his friend decided, out of the blue, to visit LI and drove their respective cars. While they were in NY were decided to have their cars inspected because both were coming due. The friend's car passed inspection but the son's didn't because the power steering pump was leaking.

My friend, D, told her son to leave the car with her and she'd get it repaired and inspected. Her son and his friend are returning to LI this coming weekend for a planned event so he can easily pick up his car then. He was undecided at first but then just decided to leave it with D and return to PA with his friend. D called her mechanic who picked up the car and as he was driving back to the station the power steering pump completely failed. Had D's son chosen not to leave the car he would have been driving it on the highway when the steering went, which could have caused serious problems.

On a different note, my ex-husband's uncle died earlier this weekend but my ex, Paul, couldn't get bereavement time from his job to fly back to NY to attend the funeral. His boss said they only allot time for immediate family; it sucks because Paul's uncle had a hand in raising him. They were close in age and very close growing up; they were best friends. In any case, Paul is still here, upset about not being allowed to be with his family right now.

What's interesting is that today he received a phone call from the manager at the apartment complex where he's trying to get his own place. He's been staying with the kids and me while making payments on the deposit he has to give them to get his into his apartment. The manager told him that if he gives her $400 tomorrow she can get him into his apartment in two weeks, or sooner if it's completed before then. Had he been permitted to attend the funeral Paul would have had to pay that money to a friend who was going to lend him the money for a plane ticket to get to NY.

Why am I telling you two completely unrelated stories? Good question. I tell people all the time not to stress over their issues because everything happens for a reason. Most people get sick of hearing it but they never stop to look at the details. I do. Go back and read the two stories I just told you and maybe you'll understand what I mean.

D's son "suddenly" decided to go to LI last weekend for a visit and to get his car inspected. Then he "suddenly" decided to leave the car with D so she could have it fixed rather than him driving it back to PA. The car was in the hands of the right person at the right time when the power steering pump failed. Paul's boss wouldn't let him go the funeral so Paul now has the money to get his own place sooner rather than later. Do you see how things happen for a reason? It's because the Universe, or God as some of you may say, wanted them to happen that way.

There may be no rhyme or reason to events as we see them unfold, and we may not always like what's happening at the time, but when we put all the pieces together we can often find an order to everything. That's why I really try not to stress over anything; I know that, even if it doesn't make sense to me now, it will make sense somewhere down the road. More people just need to understand that everything happens for a reason, and everything always works out the way it's supposed to. Why? Because it does.

Until next time...peace to all.