Monday, November 17, 2008

Of Fate, Destiny, & Pure Luck

Do you ever wonder about fate, destiny, or luck?

Does it exist? Is there such thing as destiny?

Do people live through their destined lives?

I guess, at this moment, different people would have different prospect about the existence of their destiny. The certainty or inevitability of fate and destiny depends on each individual. Some say its superstition because there’s no evidence for the irrevocability of destiny.

Have you ever come across in life, maybe you, or the people around you, start to talk about or maybe plan something, ahead in time to come? When things go right, it’ll be probably because it was planned accurately. But when you fail, maybe because of a bad planning, obviously it’s because of your own mistake, and for those people who can’t accept defeat, and accept their own mistakes, tend to turn around the bush, and take the concept of fate and take it as bad luck, or Karma.

Well, this would be a very complex issue, but as for me, whatever happens, we should be persistent in facing what’s ahead of us. You yourself are in charge of your actions, despite being warned or listening to people’s advice. For it to be a failure or success, I myself couldn’t tell. The choice is yours, and you’re in charge.

As Franklin Roosevelt once wrote; "Men are not prisoners of Fate, but only prisoners of their own minds."