Webster's defines Destiny as "something that is to happen or has happened to a particular person or thing; lot or fortune. the predetermined, usually inevitable or irresistible, course of events; the power or agency that determines the course of events."
I guess every life has a "destiny" - is that the same thing as a destination - an ultimate final arrival? Or is destiny a series of "arrivals" ongoing through your life? Are they pre-fixed? If so what power do you think does that? Or can you change them - do you have ultimate control of your life?
I think we all control our choices and those choices send us down the paths along which we live our lives. Ultimately all of those choices make us who we are and where we end up. And that total "who" is what we are accountable for. But what about those little bombs that drop into our lives out of nowhere - the good ones and the bad ones? Had a bunch of those along the way - how about you? Are those just random accidents or Destiny's way of correcting our course. I've decided they are challenges for us and how we choose to react to them shapes our path adding joy, sadness or hardship.
For me it seems some folks know exactly where their life is going and how they are going to get there. I've never had that luxury. Mine has been more like the quote below from Gilda Radner and you know, I've grown to love it!
"Life ... is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity."
Now it's your turn. Reflect and comment please. No one be mean OK? See you next week!
C.K.R.
Destiny is a tough one to start with. It's a very broad term with many interpretations. For me, it means purpose. Every life and every thing on the planet has a purpose. It is difficult to know for certain what humanity's purpose as a whole is but each of us has a talent, a different talent; some can sing, some can dance, some can paint, some have empathy, some can nurture, some can teach... Don't you think that is proof that we are all meant for something?
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