I disagree with the concept that everything happens for a reason. I think that everything just happens and we give it meaning by our response to what happens.
The river flows with fresh water. We give it meaning by taking a bucket and collecting the water to drink, otherwise, if we let it flow without taking action, it becomes salt water when it reaches the ocean and becomes undrinkable. It no longer has meaning as the fresh water turns to salt.
Things are always just happening. We give it reason by how we respond to it and the manner in which we respond.
It is not a common thing for people to say that everything happens for a reason. That is because there are so many things happening every moment that we could give reason to, which could have tremendous value, but we ignore and just let blow by like a leaf in the wind.
