Blog Post 1 (The Philosopher King to The Rationalist, and Your Life)

Do you believe that everything happens for a reason?


     Seneca said, "Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment." Everything that occurs is connected to everything else.(7-7a) The Stoic Logos do believe that everything happens for a reason and that there is not always an answer why to our knowledge. Stoic Logos believe that there is an ordained reason. If this is true, then nothing that happens can be wrong or bad, since everything that happens is part of God's rational plan.(7-7a)


     I do strongly believe that everything happens for a reason, to an extent. I have many instances that I could go into depth about but I'll only speak of a couple. For instance, when I was younger I had encountered the cops more than I ever wanted too. I needed them for help, I wasn't in trouble. But I was getting sexually harassed and assaulted more times than I could imagine. It started when I was about 5 or 6 years old and went on for over 8 years. I always would cry for a couple days after the situations would happen. I always asked my mom and dad, why me? What did I do to deserve this? I never understood until I got older, things do happen for a reason. Because of those instances, I grew up fast! I matured faster than most of my friends my age. I grew to a strong and independent individual before I was 17 years old. Later I realized that God was watching me and letting me know that I am a strong person. When I turned 18 I got a tattoo on my forearm, Jesus replied, "You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand." John 13:7. I haven't encountered anymore situations like that since and I couldn't be happier. 


     Another situation is when I was pregnant with my daughter. The due date was December 14th and she didn't want to come into this world yet. I was induced on December 23rd at 4am. She was later born at exactly 6:30pm on 12/23/14. During the last couple weeks of my pregnancy, I was informed briefly about my grandpa because he was in the hospital. The last I heard was that he fell down, couldn't get up, and went to the hospital. Since I didn't hear anything else, I thought everything was OK. Just a few days passed by, my mom calls me and tells me that my grandpa had passed in the middle of the night. Of course I instantly started balling. I was very close with my grandpa. I visited him and my grandma a lot. Later that day my dad called me to see how I was doing. I still cried but he was able to help calm me by saying, "There's a reason God didn't want Myla (my daughter) to be due on her due date. Although you may not have known it, God knew you were going to be losing someone very special to you and therefore granted you with Myla later in time to help you cope with the loss of your grandpa." By this example, I am able to reflect on it and know and understand that I am in the hands of God. He is taking care of me. I agree with the Stoic answer that "I can concentrate on developing an attitude of courageous acceptance. My efforts should be directed toward that part of my life over which I can exert the absolute control: my attitudes, or my will."(7-7a)




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