Everything Is Not Karma And Happens for a Reason 

By Ange Fonce

Many people mistakenly think they are helping when they say ... "everything happens for a reason"... or... "it is karma"... when in "reality"... they are actually... "encouraging you to fail."

I have written a lot about developing a ...“positive abundant mindset”... and using "outcome based thinking"... that enables you to be successful and how to deal with failures and “reframe” them to turn them around in an effective “positive” way... yet I have never really written about dealing with disasters and crises... and  that is a bit odd... because I have had my share of them in my life and have given a lot of thought to the matter.

When you experience disasters at work or in life... you might be tempted to “think” of the two famous sayings... "everything happens for a reason"... or “it is karma.” 

And I will say this NOW... do not “think” that way... that kind  of thinking often makes a “negative” situation even more worse.

The statement of... "everything happens for a reason"... is true if the "reason" means the action of “cause and effect.” 

For example... 

Let us say... your business fails because something completely unexpected happened... like a fire destroys your only prototype... that is a "reason"... that is “cause and effect.”

Yet... that is not what people mean when they say "everything happens for a reason"... or “it must be karma”... instead... they are suggesting that everyone has a destiny and that events are simply elements leading to that destiny... like the plot in a novel.

While some people may find that notion comforting... I think it creates passivity... resignation and the very creation of the “negative polarity... poverty mindset”... you become the “victim”... because you have handed over your POWER OF CHOICE... the CREATION of your own life to some kind of unknown  “destiny” or your “fate” or "God's plan for you"... call it what you like... that your life is “predetermined”... and you have NO CHOICE in the matter or there is no “reason” for you to take “action”... you are the “victim of circumstances” and “hostage to fortune”... or it must be “karma”... you have become a “passive victim” in your own life.

There is only one thing that is “predetermined” in your life... and that is... “your death”... and that happens to every single one of us... everything else before that event... is your “responsibility”... and YOUR CHOICE.

If life is like a novel... you are the “writer”... creating “your own story” as you live it... and until you decide that your life has a “purpose”... a “plot” if you like... and you decide and design how that “purpose” will affect your “thinking”... your “behaviour”... your “life events”... and take “responsibility” for you own life... then basically everything you do... is literally “meaningless”... and without “purpose”... you are just a squishy bag of genes... out to survive and reproduce it self and nothing more. 

You are living in the “poverty mindset”... and will only relate to yourself and the rest of life through the prism of “irrational fear”.... the “negative polarity.”

For example... 

A Tsunami tidal wave kills thousands of people... asking... 

"Why did that happen?"

Is a “meaningless question” and an exercise in futility... the IMPORTANT question is... 

"What am I going to do about it?"

Maybe you help the survivors... maybe you make better disaster plans... maybe you build a computer that predicts the weather... or maybe you just shrug and say... 

"Everything happens for a reason."

“It is karma.” 

That is a stinking... gutless cop out... an excuse to wring your hands... an excuse to take no “responsibility”... and avoid taking REAL ACTION to solve the problems. 

The truth is... that in taking “responsibility” for our own life... giving your own life “meaning”... a “purpose” to power your “actions”... today and in the future... will either increase or decrease humanities suffering and joy. 

You and I can make a difference.

When disasters happens at work or in life... it is your “responsibility” to make your CHOICES... your DECISIONS... and ensure that your ACTIONS matter... and have a “purpose”... rather than "everything happens for a reason"... or “it must be karma.” 

I strongly “recommend”... that you cultivate a more POWERFUL “positive abundant mindset”... that is focused towards... 

"Everything I do is for a reason... I AM the power and CREATOR of MY OWN LIFE!"

And go dump the lame excuse  of... "everything happens for a reason"... or “it must be karma”... where it is best served... in the “rubbish bin.” 

Thank you and may you enjoy a Prosperous and Dynamic day!

Yours Sincerely






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