July 2, 2014- Destiny Or Fate

Do you believe in destiny or fate? Explain why or why not.

Destiny is defined as: 1.) something that is to happen or has happened to a particular person or thing; lot or fortune 2.) the predetermined, usually inevitable or irresistible, course of events 3.) the power or agency that determines the course of events. Fate is defined as: 1.) something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot 2.) the universal principle or ultimate agency by which the order of things is presumably prescribed; the decreed cause of events; time 3.) that which is inevitably predetermined; destiny 4.) a prophetic declaration of what must be.

Before reading the definitions I would have said that I don't believe in destiny or fate. After reading them, that is exactly what I believe in. I believe that everything happens for a reason. All the ups and downs of our lives are meant to happen because they have a direct result in how the future will play out. Whether it is a cosmic force, God, or the result of what others did in the past, I believe that everything that happens in our lives was meant to.

I know I believe this because of all the things that have happened to me over the past few years. All my issues with anxiety and depression, and all the events leading up to those struggles, were meant to happen so that I could share my story and connect with people I never would have other wise. At my job, myself and the current front desk person both interviewed for the front desk position. She got it. Without going through that interview process I would not have been remembered by the manager when another position opened at the company and that position, the one I hold now, is a much better fit for me. 

I still am unsure how destiny and fate are determined, or if they can change, but I know they are real things. By knowing that everything in my life, whether good or bad, is happening because it is suppose to makes me not have so much worry. I also don't believe that whatever is controlling our destinies and fate is evil. There is too much good in the world for it to be. So knowing that what happens is ultimately for the good, makes me feel more at ease than I was in my past. And it was my destiny to learn that.