The idea that Everything Happens For A Reason has never sat right with me.

It's not just that it clashes with my scientific understanding of how the universe works; it seems, to me, a deeply disempowering message.

So this fell out of my head, after someone posted elsewhere about how it didn't this sit right with them either...
#Everything2
https://everything2.com/user/Oolong/writeups/Nothing+happens+for+a+reason