some things happen for a reason
some things just happen
sometimes we like to believe there is a reason where this is none
sometimes we can even find a real reason where none was intended

but not ALL things happen for a specific reason
that would be (shudder) that deplorable idea called determinism

To remedy feelings. Kind of like: nothing succeeds like success.

Victor Frankl said a human can deal with any how as long as he has a why.

The why may be self produced.

The why doesn't have to be identified.

Things happen for a cause. But that need not mean that they happen for a reason. If I slip on the ice and break my leg, that happens for a cause. The ice was slippery. But I had (and there was no) reason to slip on the ice. In fact, the opposite. But if I went to the store to buy milk, then, of course, that was my reason for going to the store, and is was also the cause of my going to the store. So, some things happen for a reason. And some do not.

It is important to distinguish between cause and reason.