Fate or Freewill

Ok, maybe I'm over thinking again.....Yes I know its a problem. Cut me some slack alright. I'm just trying to figure life out one puzzle piece at a time. *smile*


Some believe in destiny or fate. They believe that our lives are preordained. That the story of our lives is already written, the path we travel is already mapped out.

I personally don't believe in destiny. I believe we are given free will. I believe each choice we make on a daily basis alters the course of our life. Even those choices we don't even notice as choices because they are so small and insignificant alter our path in some way.

Think about it. The simplest choice we make can cause a chain reaction that would literally change the course of our lives and in doing so change us forever. But only if we let it. For example, meeting someone. We meet how many people over a the span of a life time? Granted most are only causal meetings at best. Maybe a brief "excuse me" if we bump into someone. Maybe a small conversation while waiting in line. Or even a comment left on someone's blog. Then we move on with our day and our lives and the meeting becomes nothing more than an afterthought.

Unless we make the choice to make it more. Think of the thousands of decisions we make each and every day. Only a small fraction of those choices could be what we may think of as a major change or important to us at the time. But each person we meet. Each road we travel. Each corner we turn is in some way is affecting what happens to us next. And in turn maybe our futures.

If we decide that our lives are predestined to play out a certain way. We are to be married to a certain person..Live a certain life or have a certain job. They what is the point of trying? If this life is already mapped out for us. If all the huge choices have already been decided and set into some cosmic stone....Then why stress out about any of it? Why worry if we accomplish anything in our lives? If the choices are made then no matter what we do the outcome is still the same.

When that random opportunity arises...And that special thing just falls into our laps..That special person that we felt was a one in a million chance of meeting..That dream job...That once in a life time thing...That is not destiny speaking to us...That is not fate that steps in and pulls strings. That is just us taking advantage of situations as they arise...Making choices that steer us to one outcome or another. Sometimes these choices benefit us...And sometimes they have a negative affect on us. But either way its still us..Making a choice and then living with the consequences of that choice for good or bad.

Why am I thinking about this? I suppose its because I am at the beginning of my road. I am thinking about the choices that I have made to get me to this point. I am thinking about all the "what ifs". And maybe wondering what choices I might make today that might change my life tomorrow.