~~Destined to be free...

[Soulgasm]

do you believe you grab the reins of your life...
or...that fate herself is behind the wheel of your life...
or whatever combination you believe in...



for me...i just realized....something profound...that i can't choose who i love...romantically...no matter how hot or whatever...as long as i don't confuse lust and love...then that's totally a truth for me...cause i tried to love this gurl...and it was impossible...totally weird...

for me...that is proof of some existence of a destiny...however fluid or rigid it may be...it's proof for me...

 

[JollyApe]

I used to believe in some type of destiny, but then I got a little older and things changed and now I don't really believe there's anything at all out there. However I chose to believe in love instead of hate and try to do what's best not just for me, but for thse around me as well and I really hope there's no fate or destiny interferring with my life.

If there were such a thing as destiny we wouldn't even have a choice and that's depressing. Me I like the person I am and my life and I hope that is because of my genes and my social connections and not just someone that rolled the dice. That'd make my life nothing but a game of D&D and that's even more deppressing than no choice.

 

[eponinethen]

I don't believe in a destiny or anything like that either. I mean, obviously I can't choose who to fall in love with, but I think that's got to do with chemistry and personality and stuff and not destiny or anything. I believe what "chooses" like my path in life or whatever is the small choices I myself make (or are forced to make) and sometimes I can think like "that must have happened for a reason", but still, not fate, just something that happened 'cause it's good for me and I needed it..? Yeah I'm confusing but I don't believe in fate... I believe in choices and I really don't think I'm "meant" for something special or that there's a specific reason why I'm here or anything.

 

[Jacklyn]

My life tends to be on the dramatic side and because of that, I feel as though it is almost a necessity that I believe in destiny. If I don't believe that everything happens for a reason, then I may just start to believe that my life just occasionally sucks for the sake of sucking, at which point, I would not be a very happy person...

 

[Soulgasm]

for me...total believer in destiny...i'm just a puppet for some crazy God....

i follow the signs...and go where they tell me to go...and i have no illusions of having control of my life...cause...my body is so fragile....when compared to the vastness of the universe...

and so i revel in the moment...let go of the steering wheel...and see where i end up...it feels great letting go...

 

[pyromaniac]

I'm not a very spiritual person, I don't believe in anything really 😛. I don't believe in fate/destiney, I believe that every choice we make affects the way our life goes on. Not a 'God' deciding whether or not we can make these choices or what we inevitably must do with our lives.

 

[Feigenbaum]

I've always thought of it as a combination of the two.

Some things are destiny... a good example that has been mentioned is who you fall in love with. I always think back to the time I met my (future at that time) husband. We were meant to be together.

Other things in life are choice. Actually, I think alot of things in life are choice. And I feel that you can choose to deny 'destiny' for some time, until it catches up with you.