An entirely new perspective.

Every Thursday, I spend my mornings arriving at the same building which is situated around 20 minutes away from my house; this is my CBT therapy sessions.
The man I've spent this morning with for the past month or so is called Peter and I can say with 100% conviction, he's doing quite the job for me.
We both get along insanely well and as well as teaching me to my battle my demons, we also have the odd chat here and there; upon my last session with him, we drew to the question was "What makes you happy in life?"

I'll be honest, after a while my answer wasn't very straight and eventually, it turned out to be a very descriptive essay, however the simplest answer I could offer him was 'Oh my family!'

Although, I felt this was more of a permanent answer because my family could provide me with stability whatever the weather, Peter didn't necessarily mean this and he found it quite tough that I didn't look into many things for happiness.

My response was I found it a little odd to find happiness within something else that isn't permanent and that at least with my family, I felt I didn't need to be cautious about whether or not they would leave.

So continuing this conversation, he asked me 'Do you believe every thing happens for a reason?' and without hesitation, I respond 'Yes.'

However strangely, he said something else 'I don't. For me, it doesn't make sense because for what reason is there to believe that some one has to struggle? There is a reason for this? Surely the outcome can be judged because overall you perceive yourself to be a better person but what REAL reason is there for somebody to suffer?'

Truthfully, I felt very moved by his answer and found a great deal of sense in it: Why is it one person suffers poverty, one whom does not deserve it yet, a man whom has sinned perhaps a dozen times is most likely bathed in riches?

Do the things happen for a real reason?