I think that many things in life happens for a reason but not everything.
Some things just happen and some things we bring upon ourself.
Suppose a bad friend comes into your life. That's not necessarily ordained by fate as something that needed to happen. You just happened to meet a bad person. Then perhaps if you followed your spirituality and were true to yourself you would immediately stop dealing with this person once you saw their true colors BUT often we ignore that inner voice and reason with what we want to do and get burned more later on because of it.
Thats not because it was our destiny but God can and does help us use every experience for our good in some way.
