People come into your life for a reason
Whether it’s a close or distant relationship they’re meant to be there
They provide some sort of aid in your life whether its to teach you a lesson
Or to teach each other to learn from one another’s mistakes
Sometimes we overlook the people in our lives or their meaning for being there
But if we would just open up our eyes we would see
Everything happens for a reason…

Illness, heartache, fears are all obstacles tempting how far you’ll go to obtain your goals
To succeed
If life were simple, a flat prairie land it would be boring and pointless
Your mistakes, tumbles and failures are what make you, you.
Live & learn.
When someone in your life betrays you
Forgive them, for they taught you a valid lesson
Everything happens for a reason…

Look at your ancestors
You would not be here if your parents, grandparents or great grandparents
never met one another.
You would be non existent if one generation decided not to have children
You were put on this earth for a reason
You were planned to walk this earth
Everything happens for a reason….

So the next time you stumble upon an obstacle
Embrace that obstacle and overcome it for it’s meant to be there
To teach you a lesson
To grow
To learn
Because everything happens for a reason…

This poem was written/submitted by Kaity Smerchynski.