why do crapy things happen?

as i was getting my hair cut this morning i was chatting with my stylist and we started our conversation like any other, small talk first, 'how are you? whats new?' and then this conversation mysteriously transformed into a discussion of crappy things that have happened in both our lives, mainly describing all the tradgedy that both of us had experienced in the past year. Unfortunately she had lost her brother less than a year ago, i had lost a good friend of mine to cancer, one of our friend's father had passed away, and the list goes on. So the main question of the conversation was, why does crappy stuff happen?

I think the easiest way to look at this is to understand that we will never understand why things like this happen. we will never fully know why God permits things like this to wreck our lives because ultimately He has a greater plan for all things, and through His permitting of crappy things, there are, I believe, greater things to come. Personally i would gladly subdue myself to crappy things for the rest of my life, knowing that God's provision and divine will is ultimate truth and ultimately what needs to happen in order for this world to be a better place.