assignment 19 Ryan Collins

One thing that remains constant in life is it's unpredictability. Wether it is a stroke of good luck or a spontaneous disaster, life never fails to throw curve balls at us. The one fragment of advice that has stuck with me throughout my 17 years on this earth is that "everything happens for a reason".  I am not a very religious person, but i do believe that things happen for a certain purpose, and therefore that life is not just a bunch of chaotic vicissitudes. When things are not going well for me, or when i feel like i am overwhelmed and have no control over my situation, it comforts me to think that maybe some good has come out of my unpleasant situation, and that makes it not as unbearable as thinking that bad things just happen randomly. So next time you find yourself in a situation where you are angry, upset, or scared, just think that maybe some good will come out of it. "There is no such thing as mistakes, just learning experiences".