It is your DESTINY

[BarelySeeAtAll]

So who believes in fate or whatnot? Do you believe your life is laid out in front of you, every decison you make leads to the next one so none can be incorrect and there is no possibility of "what if"? (like me)

If not, what else? (: No arguments etc please, debate but don't go criticising other people's views! That's m-e-a-n!

sorry this isn't as exciting as the icon may have reckoned it was.

[LunarWeaver]

I don't believe in fate at all. Or karma. Or fairy tales. Or milk coming from cows because it's too gross for me to drink if I accept it.

[Raistlin]

At first I thought this was going to be about Shlup's custom title and I thought "that should be 'density.'"

Anyway, I do not believe in fate and there is no evidence of anything like that being remotely possible.

[ANGRYWOLF]

Good luck and bad luck.

Like the old Hee haw song..doom despair and agony on me.
Lol.

The guy who was missing his front teeth..from MO..who won $265 million dollars the other day in the powerball lottery..That fellow had good luck.

I had had extremely bad luck/misfortune the last several years.
As I have been criticized on other boards for disclosing too much about my personal life I won't do that here.
I'll keep that private.
Just trust me.I have good reason to say I believe in fate.

[blackmage_nuke]

I do believe in fate because I sure didnt get my easy life from hard work

[Fuzakeru]

I believe that we all have choices.

Personally, I believe in God and I pray for His will to be done in my life and for everything that crosses my path to be in relation to Him. That's my choice. I have faith that I am here to live, learn, love, etc. and know the true meaning of those things so everything is just another lesson learned for my spirit having a human experience.

I also ponder the idea of the Law of Attraction. Positive energy drawing positive energy, etc.

Kyle....... forget about the milk. Wanna know how eggs are made in chickens????!!!!? :3 Bwuahahahaaaa!

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Everything that happens is a direct result of an establishment formed by past occurrences, and even much of what is usually attributed to "random" chance isn't as random as it would appear. Thus everything is indeed predetermined; we just don't have the means, capacity, or precise judgment to accurately identify the determining factors. "Free will" is ultimately an illusion, but addressing the alternative is so convoluted that there isn't much point. So, in most cases, it's a convincing, acceptable illusion.

The best use of acknowledging predetermination is to accept suffering and hardships—the better to make peace with and transcend them. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XlqCFi6o-E#t=4m">Everything must be this way</a>.

[I Took the Red Pill]

[Shoeberto]

"Fate" and "destiny" are flowery and romantic words typically used to either eschew responsibility or assign melodramatic weight to situations that are based off of failures or successes that result from going against monumental odds.

So no, I don't believe in them.

[NorthernChaosGod]

[Rye]

"Fate" and "destiny" are flowery and romantic words typically used to either eschew responsibility or assign melodramatic weight to situations that are based off of failures or successes that result from going against monumental odds.

So no, I don't believe in them.

This, and the post above me.

The idea of fate and the predestined is extremely disturbing to me. Life would not be worth living if it was predestined. The most beautiful thing about the universe is the constant changes and checks made by our actions and the actions of others, the way we can be responsible for the change of the lives of others. How we reap what we sow, even if it may feel cruel. We have the option to change the world around us until our last living second. There's nothing except our choices and our hourglass ticking off our seconds for us to value and take advantage of.

I sit in my cubicle, here on the motherworld.
When I die, they will put my body in a box and
dispose of it in the cold ground.
And in all the million ages to come, I will never
breathe or laugh or twitch again.
So won't you run and play with me here among the
teeming mass of humanity?
The universe has spared us this moment.



I've been following PostSecret for years and have never seen one of my secrets posted. But something happened a few days ago that was much cooler.

I opened your latest PostSecret book at Barnes & Noble and read that secret on page 5 about the note found on the plane. I was shocked to realize that I had written the note a couple years ago.

I had left the note on the airplane in hopes that I could wake somebody up from the trance we get stuck in everyday and realize what is really important.

I hope he and his new wife are very happy together.

-Minneapolis

I guess the difference between me and others is that they find comfort in the above situation, thinking that it's fate and destined, and that it could not be any other way, despite it seeming unlikely - their fate in being together prevails. I take comfort in that beautiful things happen at the toss of tbat random dice called life. I want to value it all the more because it could so easily not have been.

[Jiro]

No thank you. I like to think I'm awesome because I chose to be, not because it was decided for me.

Conversely, any time I do something crap or stupid it is Fate's fault No I take responsibility for everything!

[qwertysaur]

I do not think that three hags who share an eyeball control my destiny.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Oh, man. I love PostSecret. I've been following for like 5-6 years now.

[Shlup]

In short: No, I don't believe in fate or destiny.

I believe in personal responsibility.

At first I thought this was going to be about Shlup's custom title and I thought "that should be 'density.'"

I know that, in your world, everything is about me, but that isn't the case for other people.