IF I HAVE LEARNED ANYTHING AT ALL IN ALL MY YEARS, ITS THAT THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON.WHETHER WE ARE PRIVELEDGED TO KNOW THAT REASON OR NOT,IS A WHOLE OTHER STORY. ALL THE TRIPS AND FALLS, BUMPS AND BRUISES, GOOD THINGS AND NOT SO GOOD THINGS, THEY ARENT JUST RANDOM OCCURANCES. THEY HAPPEN BECAUSE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. THEY ARE WHAT MAKES US WHO WE ARE. THE TRICK IS FIGURING OUT WHAT TO DO WITH WHO WE ARE.