2007-03-15 12:20:08 · 10 answers · asked by radiancia 6 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Yes--across the Atlantic.
2007-03-15 12:28:34 · answer #1 · answered by MaryBeth 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
People mean different things by the word destiny. Remember the movie Mr. Destiny? In that case a person's entire life was changed by the mere fact of hitting a baseball as compared to striking out in a key game.
Personally I am old enough to be able to use some retrospect. My memory is still intact enough to remember thought patterns as a child and as a teenager. I can clearly see where my life was headed in a descending direction early on. Not that every moment was negative but there were simply more negative moments than positive ones. At a certain point I hit the wall so hard, there was only one choice. Pack it in or start completely anew. More by mistake than anything else, the decision made provided a survival and a new beginning. The following twenty years have been incredible, blessed even. Was it predestined? Not a chance, at least not in the way that it is usually meant. Could those twenty years have turned out badly? Again no. The Greeks referred to special events in one's life as a Kairos time. Looking back there was obviously one such time and when it occurred I had the possibility of swinging at that ball with enough sense of direction to create a new life. Having literally nothing to lose, I gambled. Yes I was a chickenshit, but I swung at that ball like a hero. It felt good and thereafter a whole slough of hits became easy. Was that destiny in the sense of a play that is written? Nope! Do I know if the play ends happily or sadly? Yes, happily ever after. How do I know? Because I know the secret completely. Do I know the details? Nope. So how do I know what I know? It is all in the formula, the big formula, the law of attraction.
2007-03-15 20:31:47 · answer #2 · answered by canron4peace 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no because if i had a destiny then that means im destined to be or do something, which doesnt make sense because i have free to make choices so it doesnt make sense. If i was destined for something i wouldnt have the free will to change my destiny or make choices. "I create my own destiny" doesnt go with the meaning of the word destiny so the destiny concept wouldnt make sense to me about my future.
2007-03-15 20:10:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I do. I feel destined to a life of mediocrity and I'm driven to achieve it. I would like that refrigerator that tosses cans of beer though.
2007-03-15 19:41:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. If I had a destiny, I think my free will has sabotaged it.
2007-03-15 19:23:13 · answer #5 · answered by rag dollie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes I do...I just wish I knew what it was.
2007-03-15 19:51:25 · answer #6 · answered by LolaCorolla 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I do.
2007-03-15 19:22:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
More like "density" in my life!! LOL!
2007-03-15 19:23:14 · answer #8 · answered by Mr. CoCo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2007-03-15 19:22:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure
2007-03-15 19:21:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋