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How does the phrase "to be for the best" translate into Spanish? My first thought was "es para lo mejor", but as this is fairly idiomatic in English I figured the translation might not be that literal.
To be for the best: used to say that a particular event may seem bad now, but might have a good result later: I still don't want him to go but maybe it's for the best.
I think that the best options are
"Es lo mejor" o "ser lo mejor".
In your example:
No quiero que vaya, pero quizá es lo mejor.
O también
No quiero que vaya, pero quizá sea lo mejor.
No quiero que vaya, pero será lo mejor.
I would say
Es para mejor.
In WordReference, "for the best" is translated to "para bien", but I have never used it.
