To ask for your ‘everything happens for a reason’ stories!

This is a lovely idea for a thread! I'm also still looking for my reason and everyones stories are giving me hope! Thank you 😊

Divorced, left my house, financially buggered in early 2020.

Met my now husband, and now I'm sat in our home, my son is the happiest he's ever been and I feel better than ever despite still being as poor as a church mouse!

I quit my job as a childminder at the end of 2021 as I was having a midlife crisis and started working in the nursery of a local school. Absolutely loved the job, it was a temporary contract for a term but I'd been pretty much assured the contract would continue beyond that. Then they told me it wouldn't automatically be renewed, but they'd like me to apply for it. Long story short, I was passed over and found myself out of a job.

I found another job in a really crappy place which I hated and was really miserable. I'd been in a long distance relationship for nearly 10 years but we'd never really talked about living together and who would be prepared to move. I started looking at properties in his area, found a gorgeous one and sent him the link. He liked the look of it, a week later we went to view it and a week after that we put in an offer. We moved in 3 months later! My life has been transformed for the better, I love my adopted home town and our relationship has gone from strength to strength.

I was devestated by how I'd been treated at the school job and how it hasn't worked out but if it had, I'd have never have had the kick up the bum I needed to sort my life out.

I was really unhappy in my job and was excited to get an interview elsewhere. I was desperate to leave my job. I received the rejection letter on my birthday weekend and was devastated to have to return to the job I hated. A month later a new department was being set up so I applied and got the job. A move within the same company. It was the best decision and I've been happy every since. Whenever I need an example to show things happen for a reason I use that. If only I had I known a month later I'd get a better offer....

I’m having a bout of ill health too so sympathies.

Mine is, between lockdowns we sold up and put an offer on a beautiful but fairly remote house in Dorset. Our buyers then demanded an extra £100k off our house at the last minute. We said no and they pulled out. So we lost what we thought was our dream house. I realise now it would have not suited my teens at all and there were drawbacks to the house that I ignored in my haste to move.

We stayed put, sold again for way more than the first offer and a new job opportunity came up. We are now moving to a French city, we’ve been to visit with the dc and everyone is very happy.

I've often wondered if that's a reason some people have religious faith, you can 'give up' your woes to a higher power and accept if x/yz does or doesn't happen it was God's will and out if your hands.

Anyhoo, i can think of one 'are you actually shitting me?!' hellish moment which might give you a glimmer of comfort - we were gazumped right at the 11th hour on a house. The owner told us, essentially, to match the new offer or sod off. We were half packed, our buyers chomping at the bit for us all to get moving. DH was furious, refused to match the offer, so we pulled out. I was really stressed and convinced we'd lose our buyers and end up back at square one. The following day a beautiful house came on the market in an area we much prefered and very close to a primary school (we had several young dcs). Viewed it, offered straight away, offer accepted, moved in 4 months later. Had 12 very happy years there.

So yes, i think things can work out for the best :)