Must Be a Reason

A common response from the mind, when we don’t get what we want, is to respond with, there must be a reason for this. Afterall, everything happens for a reason.
What is the origin of this statement? Why do our minds present this statement to us?
In my examination of myself, this statement is my mind’s way of placating itself, when it has developed an attachment to an outcome.

Many years ago, when I was in medical school, I went all in to the pursuit of becoming an orthopedic surgeon. I did not match and my career path as a physician went to a specialty that was the exact opposite in terms of work demand and lifestyle. In many ways, my current specialty is far more amenable to the kind of pursuits your reading  today.
The Mind jumps up and says: Look not becoming an orthopedic surgeon happened for a reason. You would not have met the people that I have met in my current specialty. You would not have time and the experiences that you have today. Why can’t you be grateful?

In this exploration, I wish to be surgically honest.
Without the attachment to the possible outcome of being an orthopedic surgeon, I would never have created these thoughts. Instead of making thoughts, I could observe, with open eyes, what opportunities the universe was providing me. I could flow into the ones that seemed the best.

Afterall, I could be doing this exact work as an orthopedic surgeon. Maybe it would be even more surgical, literally being surgeon.

Nothing is better for me, or worse for me. What the universe provides can be experienced without attachment.

It just is.