It is true that everything that happens to a person - good and bad- happens at the time that it was supposed to happen. Not one breath early, nor one breath late. It is also true that what happens, happens for a purpose...it is wise to find out what that purpose is...it is also wise to face it with gratitude and fortitude. The Dalai Lama was right - accept whatever happens with gratitude, because it is to teach us something that will enhance our own life, and make it better. Bad and evil have always existed, so that we will be conscious of the good. There is a reason for our existence on this earth and till that is fulfilled, we will have to go through the forge...