fate.

fate.
by Gillian Ring
Please read her original post and content HERE ON MYSPACE

People remember only what they see and hear. A century down the road, I might be in some obscure archives for my prose or my written candor, but unless I include an autobiography, I expect them to sight me along with countless others with the same intentions.

Predestination is silly. Free thought and free action are tangible. By telling me I am destined for greatness, it serves only to convince me to shy away from anything that would put me on that pedestal. I am spiritually satisfied. To wonder at the designs of some higher entity (and that is in fact exactly what fate is, i think) and place myself on that pedestal yet again and then assume that I am to become something that someone else -be it higher power or not- has determined for me…I think not. Are people predisposed to certain areas of expertise or given action? Absolutely! Did a higher power grant you that? or much less…create that environment that facilitated it? Whatever makes the reader sleep better at night. I think we’ve been following our own road for quite some time.

That said, does fate exist? It does now, with so many lending their credence to it how can it not? Will fate play a role in my life? *grin* Anyone who knows me or knows of my past could easily say “blessed,” but none would go so far as to say “fated”…

I would love to think that I can sit back and life will come to me with all I am predetermined to get…but it honestly doesnt work that way, people dont work that way, the universe doesnt act that way, and I am pretty sure higher powers arent all that interested in it either 😉

/end rant…