Monday, December 10, 2012

All Aboard To Your Future

A friend recently sent me a thought-provoking quote - "Fate is what you are given. Destiny is what you make of it."

I had to wonder: Can you make a mistake...and miss your fate?

Is this concept is as simple as it sounds? Could it be that everyone's destiny is pre-designed, and with one false move, it might be possible to veer off course on your way to Your Happy Future?

If a first date goes well, was it meant to be? But if you turn down a second date, was it not in the cards? Why is that when we say or do something we mull over later regardless of how small it was, we blame ourselves for the inevitable sad turnout?  

Maybe the saying is true. Things do happen for a reason. If we didn't make mistakes, would we ever learn from the past? Graduate to our future?  Maybe we have to go through the bad, in order to get to the good. The ying doesn't function without the yang; you can't meet Y until you meet X. And in the end, embracing the idea that sometimes life is just that: Life. And in this journey we call life, people come and people go; there's pain, there's sorrow and there's happiness.   

Maybe it's all about taking chances, risks or that leap of faith. Knowing that when it all comes down to it, no matter what happened, you were yourself. Knowing deep down, that's the best kind of fate there is.