In my opinion there is a reason for the things that happen around us. Let me explain in what sense. I don’t mean that everything is well thought over. There is not a big plan or rationale behind everything. Humans are emotional and irrational beings remember. I mean it rather like this.
For every consequence there has to be a cause. A hippopotamus does not end up high up in the lamppost alone. There needs to be support in order to do that. Let me give an example. Bush did not get elected as president just by handing in a candidature. Bush needed people to vote for him in order to get elected president. There was a need in society that
Bottom line: next time you see your imaginary hippopotamus in the lamppost think about how it ended up there.