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Add to FavoritesWondering what to do next in life can be hard, confusing and sometimes painful. The decisions we make now will affect every aspect of our lives down the road. I don't think we realize it to we get older and look back on how our past has influenced our future. The choices we make can bring us so much joy or can send us spiraling down a dark and lonely path.
Let's look at the small decisions. We wake up one morning and notice that we are putting on a few extra pounds. So we think to ourselves , maybe I should go on a diet , or maybe I should join a fitness club. We think about it all day and we decide fitness club would be the way to go. Now, we get a membership and start going regularly. After a couple of weeks, you notice a strikingly handsome man is constantly looking at you.
The next few days you pay more attention to him and after a while you both start making small talk. Well, this leads to a date and then if everything is going good it eventually turns into a romance . Now the small decision to join a club instead of just going on a diet has affected not only your weight , but has lead you down a completely different path in life.
Is this fate or is it chance? We can chalk it up to chance , but what made you pick the club over the diet? Was it a need to be around people or was it just because you didn't want the worry of having to count calories as much? You may never really know.
Fate can be a tricky subject to talk about. We never could've guessed that we would've met the love of our lives at a gym. Everyday decisions are what make up our lives. Make the wrong chose and you run the risk of missing that special someone , but if you believe in fate , no matter what decision you make you will meet him/her. That is the difference between the two.
If you leave your life up to fate you can never make any chose that would've affected the outcome. Leave it up to chance and every day will be spent trying to make the right move. Who can take that the pressure of either? We can say it's chance, but I believe it's a CHOICE!
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Fate
"We are what we think...all that we are, arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make our world." This quote from the movie "The Secret" has more to do with destiny and fate than you think. Have you ever heard of The Law of Attraction? If according to people, The Law of Attraction is true then destiny is fate and not a coincidence.
Law of Attraction states that if you really want something and truly believe it is possible, you will get it. Comparing all three definitions, destiny, fate, and law of attraction, and really thinking about it; there is no possible way destiny could be a coincidence unless you don't believe. People may think it is a coincidence because what they want to happen is not, and they give up thinking its fate, thinking that the only way what they really want is going to happen is if a coincident was to occur. Think about the definitions. Destiny is an event that will inevitably happen in the future. Fate is the supposed force, principle, or power that predetermines events. For Law of Attraction, it has been discovered that if you practice the followings the event you want to happen will occur:
1. Know exactly what you want
2. Ask the universe for it
3. Feel, behave and know as if the object of your desire is already yours (visualize)
4. Be open to receive it and let go of (the attachment to) the outcome
What does this have to do with destiny and fate? "Thinking of what one does not have, they say, manifests itself in not having, while if one abides by these principles, and avoids "negative" thoughts, the universe will manifest a person's desires" In other words, Destiny can only be a coincidence and not fate if you do not believe. Believing that what you want (destiny) will occur by fate, not letting any negative thoughts creep up, and having faith in yourself, destiny will occur by fate; which is a good thing because if it happens by coincidence it may or may not occur and you will never know. With fate, only you are in charge for when your destiny will occur. For instance, let's say you want to get married and has always dreamed of getting married, but you havent even found that special someone yet. If you truly believe that you will one day then chances are it will happen. If you constantly look for that special someone and still hasnt found him/her, so you began to think thoughts like "I will never find someone", chances are you won't because of the attitude and faith you are puting towards it. It's hard to believe that this is true but whether you are aware of it or not, people dictate the reality of their lives. Only YOU can decide if destiny is a coincidence or fate.
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