like I care soooo much.....seriously though......Do you think bad things happen to people in life so they can truly appreciate the good things? (I have my own theory on this, but will wait to share it, hint, it's not divine)

No.

But I think it serves the person well if they chose to use the bad things to become a stronger and overall better person. Appreciation comes from good and bad... it is a choice.

nope things just happen

Peccy, Im happening to you right now, so the good things can be appreciated I really enjoyed our intimate encounter

that which happens is in coralation to that which is done

Humm we must have the bad times to appreciate the good things in life. But more should focus on the good times instead of letting the bad times bring them down.

Short answer, no. Long answer, we make choices in life for that moment in time there is nothing divine about the decision it comes down to personal aspects well beyond one's mind. Take this example, a 14 year old steals cookies from the local store, one year later he is shot by a store clerk for attempting to steal liqour...nothing divine, made the wrong choice and it caught up to him. But on the other hand, a 14 year old steals a soda from a local corner store and years after graduating high school he becomes a doctor and saves lives until his death at 78. Too bad some believe that bad choices will catch up to someone, that only happens in movies.

I agree with above, but would add something else. Sometimes, the bad things that happen are a result of poor choices people bring upon themselves.

rolflmao.!!!

Oh no.. here we go again

Thank you M2, now if you'd stop squealing like a stuck pig things might be more enjoyable......lol

I think WE all have roads to go through and those roads were pre-set for us to go down at our birth.
But do BAD people have BAD things happen to them because their BAD, NO DAMM IT AND THEY SHOULD,
But GOD will weigh their worths at their judgement day...
And we all have our own destinies to complete...

well when somewthing happened to me very bad, and i took a massive over dose, which killed me, but they bought me back, and it was a miracle i survived, i thought there must be a reason why i survived this, there must be a reason for me to be here, thats what i thought then.

well now looking back, i still havnt found a purpose to why i did survive that. maybe i will know further on down the line, or maybe ill never know. maybe there wasnt a reason i survived, it was just a coninsidence.

but someone told me once, sometimes people are put on earth and evryone goes bad for them, so it happens.

its life you take the good and bad and get on with it..

Everything in life is a lesson, and it is the person who perceives it as "bad" or "good" I lead a charmed life, yes, I have had pitfalls along the way, but I learn from them and don't make the same mistakes twice....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdPT9du810I

Hence why this is my all time favorite song, when I feel that moster of self pity or the green eyes of jealousy looking into the abyss... I listen to this song...

Nothing is "bad" or "good" it is what it is, and you can tell the charactor of a person by the way they handle not only the "bad" but also the "good"

Attitude is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you deal with it....

You can't control everything that happens to you. But you can Decide how you deal with the situation. You can choose to allow the situation to consume you, or you can use the experiances you've had to overcome the situation.

the energy is that, on which we bring opon our selves, for the most part, if i'm having a spiraling day, i used to get flustered, but now, i stand back and say, ok, do your stuff, get it out of your system, and it does just that, i have now redirected that energy, to positivity and humor. the energy to tap into is really limitless, but takes years to learn it. the secret, can help. anthony robbins can also help....i rarely have a bad day, anymore.

i am jealous of how well spoken you are... always

this is the perfect answer