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Looking at things in retrospect, it's fascinating to observe how everything works out for the best. Things that look bleak or wrong actually do work out for the best.

Somebody took a disliking to us. That person stalked members of the family, spoke to neighbors and friends in order to make them dislike us. In the beginning we were upset, and even considered reporting the incidents to the police. We later discovered that everything that was done was ultimately to our advantage.

Some of the incidents will be reported here in an intentionally vague way, in order to protect the guilty. It's amazing how much one can try to inflict damage with lashon hara!

• The person gave a negative reference that broke up an engagement
  • We later realized that the marriage would have been less than ideal
• That person encouraged a child to leave home and then supported the child for several years.
  • That child would have left home because of certain peer pressure
    Thus, the encouragement did no harm
    To the contrary, it gave the child a source of monetary support
• That person caused the rejection of a certain difficult friend
  • That friend had previously been a burden
  • Life became easier when the friend was removed from the scene
• That person caused a negative reaction with a local Rabbi
  • In time, that Rabbi lost his prominent position
  • It never caused a problem in the local social groups

The events initially caused negative feelings, but in hindsight, each case removed a burden.

Clearly, we often don't always know what is happening. We may see things as being problematic or bad at the time. This is not always necessarily the case. In the course of time, things that seemed to have been a problem are sometimes seen in a far more positive light.

True, it's a shame that these negative issues were necessary. However, we cannot always see the larger, cosmic issues.

The bottom line is situations are arranged from Above, and ther is no reason to be upset with events that occur. We cannot see the big picture when events occur.

We wish a long, happy, and healthy life to all those who were involved.