Life works in weird ways. Sometimes we understand why things happen but we often don’t know why most events, occurrences, and experiences really take place. Everything happens for a reason.
Some people have a harder time accepting the uncertainty of life. Some take longer to realize how little in life is within their direct control.
New Beginnings Come From Dead Ends
Dead endings lead to new beginnings unexpectedly. New experiences come all the time but every one isn’t appreciated the same. Life happens. Shit happens. A lot against our favor occur randomly and often without reason.
All dead ends aren’t meant to be negative. Some dead ends bring positivity unexpectedly and bring blessings in disguise in the near or distant future. New beginnings happen for a reason. That new friend, relationship, or move to a new state all become important and life-changing over time.
Any experience must be looked with a third-person view to fully understand or appreciate the magnitude of the event in one’s life.
Something new often brings opportunities that once may have seemed unthinkable or impossible in the past. Life works in weird ways. That job you didn’t like may lead to a new role that fits in your life much better. A dead end doesn’t have to stop there. The important and sometimes life-changing dead ends lead to new paths that weren’t visible before.
Figuring Out Who You Are
When failure comes your way, it seems almost impossible to think that unfortunate experience happened for a reason. In early adulthood, most people are still trying to figure out who they are (a lot of adults go their whole life with identity issues). There’s nothing to be ashamed of if you don’t have everything figured out right now. The reality is that the majority of the world will never have everything figured out at all times.
Identity is one of the most complicated aspects of life. Someone in high school may think they know who they are, but once they go to college and/or start working full-time, they might not have a clue of who they want to be or who they are at the moment.
An individual’s identity may change numerous times over the course of their life. New relationships, new perspectives and world views, and new hobbies/interests all play a major factor in how and when a person might change.
It may be frustrating and/or demoralizing to realize you don’t know who you truly are. However, like virtually anything in life, change is inevitable. Doing your best everyday (one day’s best won’t always look the same as the next’s) is essential to living a meaningful life. Not having everything figured out about yourself won’t ever make you a failure. Keep going everyday and hold yourself accountable. People often learn more about themselves when they least expect to.
Life’s Reason Rarely Makes Sense
For the majority of the time, life doesn’t make much sense. One day may seem to be going great and the other doesn’t go exactly in our favor. Life’s events often occur randomly without any rhyme or reason. The people we meet may come unexpectedly or coincidentally.
New beginnings come without making much sense. After countless hours of hard work, determination, and obstacles, some sort of success may come on a random day when it’s least expected.
Life doesn’t have a reason to make sense. When someone starts to accept uncertainty, anything that seems to happen without a reason will not be as frustrating or confusing. Life’s reason is there is often no reason for countless experiences and moments.
Life doesn’t have a reason to make sense. When someone starts to accept uncertainty, anything that seems to happen without a reason will not be as frustrating or confusing. Life’s reason is there is often no reason for countless experiences and moments.
Being content with uncertainty allows us to view life more objectively. So much is outside of our direct control in life. Be honest with yourself and understand that everyone feels the discomfort of life’s uncertainty. Life works out when nothing is forced and when someone accepts nothing but genuine and natural experiences and interactions.
Moving On and Expecting More: A Reason For Hope
Finally, you have to expect more out of life. This includes all the good and bad times. Every peak is followed by a valley; good times won’t last forever and the bad won’t stick around endlessly. Change is the greatest constant in life. As we get older, we learn more about life and how the world around us works. We don’t get caught up in as many things because we learn what truly matters to us through experience.
By expecting more, we know that change is on the way. Fortunate and unfortunate circumstances come with or without reason. An abundance mindset is necessary to enjoy life to its fullest. It helps keep us grounded through the best and worst of times.
One quote to stay grounded is by remembering the the well-known saying:
“This too shall pass.”
