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Bad things happen to good people because bad things happen to everyone. Just like good things happen to bad people. You can't control that. It's a fact of life.

What you can control is how you react to the things that happen to you in your life. For example: You get fired from a job. How will you react?

You could get depressed and sit at home watching TV or doing nothing. This will get you nowhere. It will only make the situation worse.

Or, you could try to find the benefits of this situation. You didn't like that job, anyway. Now you have the time to prepare and look for a job you will like much better. You might even find a job that you excel at much more than the previous job.

Or, what if you get a horrible disease. You cannot change the fact that you have the disease. But, you can choose how to react.

You can whine and complain to others, hoping for some sympathy. But, what will this get you? Nothing but no one around because they are tired of hearing you complain.

Or, you can find out all you can about the disease. See if there is anything you can do to lessen the effects of that disease. Maybe there are natural treatments that you can use along with conventional medicine that will enhance the quality of your life.

You can't choose whether good or bad things will happen to you. They will. End of story. All you can do is control how you react to what is happening. You choose, don't let events choose for you.

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