A Quick Thought on Fate

Yo.

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If you ever think to come by and read my never-updating blog, then you have noticed that it is a never-updating blog.

But it's not as if I don't write. Nothing is published, is all.

But I do want to put up something, just to show that I am still alive.

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Fate
I could go on and on about my conclusion to be a Christian. I've got all kinds of doubts, and they aren't those scathingly mean doubts or comments that usually come from atheists.

But I'm not going there now, or how I came to that conclusion. For now, let's just say I'm much happier with faith than without.

So...with me believing that there is an omnipotent, omniscient being that created all things and knew what we would do if He created us in a certain way, then there is -obviously- a concept of fate in my mind. We do not control God. And even if we have free-will, He knows how I would react in a certain situation.

A situation He allowed to happen.

A situation He allowed to happen to me.

A situation He allowed to happen to me knowing that I will react a certain way at this point in my life given my experiences and knowledge.


I'm ok with that. I believe all that.


But as a human without certain knowledge of the future, the defined future under this belief is unknown to me.

I don't think of fate in that she has it out for me. Or that she wants me to win at life. Or at love.

I don't think of her as God's creation, set in motion for me to simply follow.



No, dude. Very basic.



I simply don't know what's going to happen.



I never thought I would go out to a club one Saturday, and later that night, I'm dancing along with everyone else there.

I couldn't have guessed that. My friends aren't necessarily partiers. There was no real special occasion. I wasn't drunk.

..I'm never drunk, actually...

But it happened. It was fate.

At least in my definition of it.

And me thinking of the future that way...me -realizing- it, making it real in my mind...makes every day a new challenge.

At the moment, life is no longer a continuous flow of time to a waterfall of death later on. Bunches of stuff will happen without my knowledge, without my planning, and I will never see it coming.



It is my goal as a Social Psychologist to recognize human behavior and try to predict and change it. And in many cases, I believe I can.

But in the same way, I love to watch the underdog win a game they had no business winning, I live life with a purpose and meaning with the knowledge of me not having the knowledge of the future.

And I love that mindset.



I doubt I will have it for long, but waiting for the monotonous days or hours or moments to be broken up by an upset that changes my life for good is something I had not seen as I see it now.



I'll be looking forward to that hail mary from Doug Flutie.



Peace.

Love.

Fate.