Everything Happens For a Reason

As a child I’d always expect everything to go my way and when it didn’t I would throw temper tantrums for weeks. I have now learned to deal with whatever life throws at me because there is so much more to life than being upset at every little thing that happens. I’ve become a stronger person after everything that I’ve been through the past two years of my life because rather than complaining and becoming upset, I’ve taken it all in and realized that everything happens so that we can learn from our mistakes and discover who we really are. Rather than running from your troubles, you can learn from them because everything truly does happen for a reason.
Growing up, we all have people close to us that pass away. When I was in elementary school I lost my grandfather to cancer. I was angry that he had been taken from me, but it made me realize that no one lives forever so you should live your life to its fullest. I also learned that there was a reason for him to be in my life, but there was also a reason for him to leave to when he did.
It’s only human for us to go through struggles throughout our lifetimes. We go through these hardships so we can learn from them and change the future for the better. Without struggles in hardships we would not be who we are today. At just fifteen years of age I have made many mistakes and gone through more struggles then I ever thought imaginable. When I look back at everything I know that it all happened so that I could become the strong and independent person that I am today. Although I have had many bad experiences that I’ve struggled to deal with, I know that they happened for a reason so that I could become who I am today and who I will be in the future.
Last April I discovered that I was adopted because my biological father was a drug addict who’s been in an out of jail my entire life. I was hurt when I found this out, but it made me realize that there is a reason my biological father is not in my life. I feel that if he had been part of my life I would not be the person that I am today, and I definitely would not have the loving family and father that I’ve loved and known for my entire life.
Everything that we go through in life makes us who we are and our lives the way we want them to be. No matter what happens in life we need to stay strong because there is reasoning behind every little thing that we do or don’t do. No one said life was going to be easy. Every decision we make can be life changing and whether it’s for the better or worse, there will always be reasoning behind it.