"can't see the forest for the trees"

After having a rather bad day today and every day for the last 3 months I couldn't help wondering: does everything really happen for a reason?

I know it all depends on how you take those bad situations, you can whether learn from them or you can feel lost and wonder "why me?". Well, I think lately I've spent my time swinging from one to the other; sometimes I think that rough times can really make a person grow up and learn from mistakes but there's always desperation and restlessness when wondering if I'm ever going to get through it.

I've heard many times people say: "you can't see the forest for the trees" and this means that when we are in trouble we can't really see the whole picture, we feel trapped and we are so caught up in the problem that we can't really think that better times will come and that this too, shall pass...

I think that overcoming any difficult situation in life is related to having a positive attitude towards it and keeping in mind that not everything is lost.

I really envy people who can do that because it doesn't seem to be that easy for me, I hate to admit but whenever in trouble I tend to feel so trapped and preoccupied that I can't just see a way out that easy; I can't stop asking myself if there's really a reason or if it's really something better on its way like everybody keeps telling me.

mar