“I believe…” two strong words in any vocabulary, these two words hold all of your morals and values in a single sentence. I personally believe that everything happens for a reason. Want to know why? Have you ever been told a childhood story so many times that you have a hard time deciphering whether you were there or not? As I have gone through my childhood I have been told countless times how my mom had a miscarriage of a set of twins between my sister and me. When I was younger I didn’t think much of it, the most reaction I made to the story was sadness thinking that I would never get to meet my two brothers. The older I am now I realize more that if my mother would have delivered the twins I wouldn’t be alive today. I later discovered that after my mother gave birth to me the doctors told her she could no longer have any more children due to her diabetes. That occurrence has made me such a strong believer that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, hell I am living proof of that. What more could I ask for?
I have had too many encounters to not believe that everything happens for a reason. When I have these encounters I feel like it is some act from God. I have always been told and taught that God has planned everything out and he knows what all will happen in my life. As children we are told stories about these lessons but they never really sink into our thick little skulls. The first time I really remember getting something out of these lessons was when I was 17 years old. It was like any other night I was just going up the road to pick up my sister. I have always been the person to drive the speed limit, wear my seat belt, and I never thought to text and drive! For some reason I got in the car quick and ...
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...pset about a car making you late, or the barista making you the wrong coffee the first time, maybe this extra time being spent is keeping you from a deadly accident in which you could have been involved. I feel like people spend too much time worrying about the big things we forget to take time to stop and enjoy a sunrise or spend twenty minutes in the morning having a cup of coffee with the one you love. Everyone tries to take a pill to make life easier to bear, when in all actuality being happy and accepting your life for what it is happens to be the best medicine for anyone. As the Latin saying goes “Omnia Cavsa Fivnt” everything happens for a reason; so yes, that one idiot in front of you is going fifteen miles under the speed limit, and yes, that moron barista is taking forever to make a latte, but who knows they can be making an impact on your life indirectly.
Well there is always the fate aspect in everything that occurs in our lives but majority of the outcomes created from the individuals own decisions. It is up to the individual to determine what can occur, if they do one thing then something will be the outcome. A side from that, there is always the possibility of being at the wrong place at the wrong time which can have an affect of on the outcomes of life.
happens. I am a Christian and have a personal relationship with God. I was taught that we have free-will
All of the perceptions of spontaneity are one and the same. It's nature's way. "That is the world, that is the tao, but perhaps that makes us feel afraid. We may ask, "If all that is happening spontaneously, who's in charge? I am not in charge, that is pretty obvious, but I hope there is God or somebody looking after all this" (Watts).
In The Meaning of Lives by Susan Wolf, she states, “They [people] want to be important, to have an impact on the world, to make a mark that will last forever. When they realize that they cannot achieve this, they are very disappointed. The only advice one can give to such people is: Get Over It”(846). Which is a statement I do not agree with. Many people are determined on making a difference in this world, whether it is small or large. Although, of course, every journey isn’t easy and it consists of many bumps along the way, which, in one of those bumps, could easily bring one down to think one cannot achieve our goal. That we cannot make a difference in this world. But no one should simply say to them “get over it” and make them think this.
Moving forward, according to John Cowburn author of Free Will, Predestination and Determinism (2008), “determinism is the philosophical view is that all humans’ actions are predetermined and that every event an individual encounters can be explained.” (p. 144)” Thus, every event that has happened in one’s life, happens as a result of previous events.
We hear about the murders, assaults, robberies, natural disasters and all other evil or natural destructive events in the world, we have to ask the question, how could God let such bad things happen to good people or to let these disastrous events happen at all. Now think about the world and its population if evil or natural disasters did not exist; the world population would be unimaginable. Natural disasters are beyond human control, but murders, assaults, robberies and all other evil or bad deeds committed by human beings is a matter of exercising bad choice or misuse of free will.
Are you someone who believes that everything happens for a reason? While some things happen that do not affect any part of my life, I believe that everything happens for a reason no matter what it is. Everything I do in life has a consequence to it whether it be big or little. If nothing had a reason for happening, what would our purpose of living be.
In a sense, Nature is just like fate. It has been already set up and
Although I have had my fair share of unfair experiences in my life, I strongly feel it is important to not dwell on anything or feel bitter towards anyone when faced with adversity. One of my favorite quotes is from the Bob Marley song "Three Little Birds": "Don't worry about a thing, because every little thing is going to be alright." Not every situation I face in my life will be fair, and I accept that. Whenever I am placed in a conflict with another person, I attempt to solve it with them. However, I acknowledge that not every dispute has a clear resolution. In these cases, I think of Bob Marley. I generally have a righteous problem-solving approach, and "Three Little Birds" helps me stay positive when dealing with
It is amazing how many things we take for granted. We make plans for the day, and don 't think twice about how those plans can be taken away in the blink of an eye. I never thought much about it myself until I was faced with the shock of my aunt’s death. I don 't think anyone really thinks about tragedy until they are actually faced with shocking news. The lesson I can learn from this is to live everyday intentionally and purposely.
Seizing the day is extremely harder than what people think. We as human are made with the lateral septum, which is the part of the brain that makes us worry. Worrying can causes anybody’s day to turn terribly wrong. I disagree with some when they make the notion to not let petty things bother you like; bills, lack of money, love etc. But I also can see how people can say those things. Those are the people with all the perfect things in life and they don’t have worry. It’s like saying “easier said than done” meaning it is much more difficult than it sounds. In Harbord Morant quote he states live everyday as your last because you might be right. Take from this quote that it means never take a break from enjoying the roses. Even though we all have life issues we deal them with on a daily basis. You can’t...
Fate seems to defy humanity at every turn. A man may have his life planned out to the last second, but then some random force intervenes and he dies the second after he has completed his life plan. Some believe in fate, believing that our lives are predetermined from the moment we are born. Other people believe that everything is random, the result of some god rolling the dice in a universal poker game. Still other people believe that each and every person is in total control of his or her destiny, every step of the way. Who is to say which viewpoint is false? Every culture has a unique perception of the role of fate in our lives, and no group has the "right answer," simply a different answer. Taking into consideration the views of other cultures can help an individual refine his personal viewpoint on this inconceivable subject.
must have organized all things to happen the way in which God has foreknowledge that
I myself have different theory. That yes there is a higher power that puts fate into play. He sits there and watches how his cine will play out. Unlike others I ask myself a question wouldn’t a being of higher power want a little drama a little break from the norm. I believe that he gave us a thing called free will. The ability to put into play our own set of events. If I was a director and I didn’t have to worry about time or money, I would like to see how my movie turned out if I wrote the beginning and let the actors decide the ending.
Divinity is the personification of force, being or realm that is unspoken by religious people to be at the spirit of existence and to have an altering influence on their lives and destinies (Encyclopedia Brittanica, 2008). To have a relationship with the divine, is to understand who or what is sacred. A person’s relationship with the divine is contingent on many methods or even actions that have taken place in their lives journey. When a person witnesses a miracle or an unexplainable event, for example, a person is scheduled to catch a flight and something happens and they miss the flight and have to catch a later flight, and that plane crashes. Is it considered luck or divine intervention? Most would say it is a little of both. But those that consider themselves as having religious beliefs, would say that divine intervention was mainly accountable for reason or result. Having faith or religious beliefs makes having a relationship with the divine conceivable.