Brian, everything happens for a reason...sometimes you just have to find the reason.
Look at me! I'm a walking example. My tank crashed b/c the exterminator got chemicals in the tank. It crashed during Ike, from Will dumping a gallon of magnesium accidentally into the tank, from alk drops when I was first starting, from every reason you can think of. But, every time I learned...and learned how many friends in this hobby I really have. There's no way I'd leave.