We live in a world where we sort out the real from fantasy or we would like to think we are capable of telling the difference between the two. In a world where there are no guarantees and we are never in control of our destiny, much to the chagrin that many think they are. Many confuse destiny with control, instead of mapping a path in life, but no matter how well we plan, no matter how well we think we are prepared we find out along the way that the control we thought we had was more like trying to steer a hot air balloon. The most we can do is gain or lose altitude to find a favorable current that will take us in that direction we desire to go, then only with favorable winds do we come close. There are so many unpredictable obstacles that present themselves, that deter and detain us along our way, some even blind us or like a worm tongue try and dissuade us from what we are trying to achieve.
No matter what our course in life, we can never prepare for that we cannot foresee, we cannot plan a course that would avoid it or resolve it before it happens. It is something we have to deal with when it manifests itself to us. We can strengthen ourselves with experience of the past and hope those lessons we have learned have given us the knowledge to deal with what presents itself, but most likely it will be something that has not confronted us before, but it is the culmination of what we have learned from past experiences that we can understand it and overcome it or cope with it. There are some things in life that will always be with us no matter what we do, these things we usually bring on ourselves, it has marked us, but it is how we learn to live with it that will either make it an asset or a burden.
We whine, moan and complain about what has befallen us, we feel no other has ever been through what we have or are going through. True, it may not be exactly the same, but you are never alone in what you are feeling or what you are going through. Many before you have trod that well worn path and many will walk it after you. Some seek pity, sympathy or empathy to use as a crutch or to help heal the pain, but it is only the person going through that moment that can pull themselves from it. We choose our path in life, that does not mean we control what will happen along the way, all we can do is deal with it.
Most that befalls us in life is of our own doing, something we have done or said or not said or done and to complain about what has been set upon us to me is a very foolish thing to do. If we would only think before we do something, we would find that life or that path we have mapped out for ourselves would be a much easier row to walk, with less stones to bruise our feet and fewer ruts to trip us up, but being the human creatures we are, we act on impulse, reaction and feelings instead of thought. It is then after we have reacted that we think, we wonder if we did the right thing, said the proper thing, considered the consequences of our words or actions and how it will affect us or our destiny we have so meticulously mapped out. We could avoid much if it were not for our own vanity and pride we place so much belief in.
Are we really in control of our destiny or is it that when we realize that we live in a world of speculations and assumptions that we can start to see things more clearly, be able to define a more definite route we will take and learn to think before we act? I feel nothing is certain, not even death is predictable, death is inevitable, predictable no, not even suicide can be predicted, no one plans through out their life they will end theirs. That is a culmination of actions to leads to that moment. Events leading up to that defining moment when we feel that the burden we have taken on in life is to great for us to shoulder and it is decided in a moment, not in a life time.
We weep, we laugh, we scorn and we live, it is what we do between the point of birth and death that will define who we are. Life is not infinite, the circle is broken at some point and all lines come to an end. What we do and say to those along the path we chose will be how we are remembered, how we lived our life. The only control we have is over our actions and words, but those will not control our destiny, they make our destiny a little more clear. Where you are today is not where you will be tomorrow and you cannot predict that just as you could not predict yesterday where you are at today.
Later...
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