fate, destiny
I stumbled on a Peyups article on fate and destiny. Fate Rubs It In - http://peyups.com/article.khtml?sid=4198. The writer has vowed to let God write her fate and destiny and rely in serendipity. Anyway, the article drew mixed reactions. One of the readers commented:
Blame it to Fate by artemis33
Monday, March 20, 2006 @ 09:03:02 AM
Blaming fate is one of the simplest and easiest ways to escape. Escape probably from fears, frustrations, hopes, and dreams. It is the option of the people of don’t want to take the responsibility and the blame.
It is a battle between contigencies and choices, between phenomenology and existentialism. When we haven’t found the thing that we’re looking for, we blame fate. Fate decides not to let us find whatever that is. Truly, it is an easy escape.
I just believe so much in the power of the person to decide. The power of choices. And knowing the consequences and the events that our choices will bring us into.
We can claim that we are product of contigencies, and that fate rubs it. But we can also claim that we are product of our own choices.
But hey, it doesn’t have to be a dichotomy right? Let love be in a continuum. Hehehe. ^_^
That article also fueled me to reflect on fate and destiny. I admit I am quite fatalistic when it comes to certain things. I am fascinated with fate and destiny. Ive always wanted to understand fate and destiny and its role in our lives.
Yes, i do believe that we make our own fate and destiny and agree with artemis33 who left the comment above. But sometimes, i wonder that there are certain things in your life that you can’t control… It’s as if some force takes over your life that no matter how much you want to head toward right, the wind takes you to the left because you are meant to take that path and not the other one that you badly wanted. Even if say, you did take the right, you’ll still find yourself ending up in the other path.
During my early college years, I read this quote from Dean Koontz’s “Lightning” (one of my favorite books) - Destiny reasserts the pattern that is meant to be. That quote pretty much summarizes what I have just illustrated.
I guess, the best thing is just do your best and part… before leaving everything to fate and destiny. At least, if you failed to get what you really wanted, you can always say, “I did my best.”
