Destiny is a predetermined course of events. It is a concept based on the belief that there is a fixed natural order to the universe. Destiny may be viewed by as a reaction from the Divine or by human will. It is the moment when your number "comes up" or that it was "meant to be". Destiny may be seen either as a fixed sequence of events that is inevitable or that individuals choose their own destiny by choosing different paths throughout their life. Destiny is fate, fate is destiny. In fate free will does not exist. The actions are free, but work toward an inevitable end.
Does this mean that our actions that we choose affect the inevitable end result? Take me for example, I have made some decisions that I have regretted but that it is not necessarily my fault for the outcome. We have all dated the wrong person, but never expect some of the terrible acts that may come from them. Things that may haunt us the rest of our lives. Was I destined to be physically and mentally hurt the way that I was? Destined to live in fear of going outside? Destined to never open my heart and trust anyone, even my family? Why was this my fate? How can we change our fate? I know I have my faults, just like everyone else, but I feel that I deserve better.
So how DO we change our fate? None of these people are worth the way that I feel right now. They don't deserve my tears, my fear, my hate, my anger. They are nothing. They WILL be nothing. Do not underestimate me because I have been through some really rough times that I am not a strong person. If I was weak I would not be here today. If I am destined to rot away, then fate has another thing coming to it. I will not allow anyone to make me feel less than what I am or what I deserve. I may have been destined to suffer, but I will not allow it to last. So does that mean that I am changing my fate or was it meant to be? Think about it........
(Great photo with my old friend Clayton in the picture)
