Fate
Do you believe in fate? There must be something to that. I remember a guy I dated for about a week said to me that our being together was fate. It probably had something to do with him wanting to get laid, but the experience of dealing with him did bring me to a different place in myself, so it was meaningful in that sense.
In the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, www.m-w.com, fate has a few definitions listed. My favorite is “the principle or determining cause or will by which things in general are believed to come to be as they are or events to happen as they do : DESTINY”. Simple language to me; things happen for a reason.
I like that the word “destiny” is related to fate. M-W says that destiny is “a predetermined course of events often held to be an irresistible power or agency.” Isn’t it odd that destiny is described as dictated by an irresistible power or agency in the dictionary definition? It doesn’t say what that irresistible power or agency is.
Both definitions have forms of the word “determine” in them. Predetermined and determining factors are what create fate and destiny. So what are the determining factors we’re given here and what are we supposed to do with them? If we have a predetermined destiny, where is the determination point set up? At what point can we change destiny?
In flight training it was the little decisions that led to the big issue to deal with; landing the plane. One little bad decision could easily lead to more small bad decisions which seemed insignificant until the plane was crashing into the ground. They call that pilot error. Once a trend is set into motion it can take a lot to make a correction in course.
Flying an airplane requires a lot of mundane scanning and monitoring. They say you should always stay at least 15 minutes ahead of your aircraft so you’re prepared to do what you need to do when you get there. A lot of my life is mundane, too. It is a discipline for me to pay attention to seemly insignificant circumstances.
Blessings!
Laura
LauraCohnMusic.com
http://www.LauraCohnMusic.com
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In the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, www.m-w.com, fate has a few definitions listed. My favorite is “the principle or determining cause or will by which things in general are believed to come to be as they are or events to happen as they do : DESTINY”. Simple language to me; things happen for a reason.
I like that the word “destiny” is related to fate. M-W says that destiny is “a predetermined course of events often held to be an irresistible power or agency.” Isn’t it odd that destiny is described as dictated by an irresistible power or agency in the dictionary definition? It doesn’t say what that irresistible power or agency is.
Both definitions have forms of the word “determine” in them. Predetermined and determining factors are what create fate and destiny. So what are the determining factors we’re given here and what are we supposed to do with them? If we have a predetermined destiny, where is the determination point set up? At what point can we change destiny?
In flight training it was the little decisions that led to the big issue to deal with; landing the plane. One little bad decision could easily lead to more small bad decisions which seemed insignificant until the plane was crashing into the ground. They call that pilot error. Once a trend is set into motion it can take a lot to make a correction in course.
Flying an airplane requires a lot of mundane scanning and monitoring. They say you should always stay at least 15 minutes ahead of your aircraft so you’re prepared to do what you need to do when you get there. A lot of my life is mundane, too. It is a discipline for me to pay attention to seemly insignificant circumstances.
Blessings!
Laura
LauraCohnMusic.com
http://www.LauraCohnMusic.com
Where Music Meets Artistry
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