''Fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death just before dawn. Why? Because this storm isn't something that blew in from far away, something that has nothing to do with you. This storm is you. Something inside of you. So all you can do is give in to it, step right inside the storm, closing your eyes and plugging up your ears so the sand doesn't get in, and walk through it, step by step."
-Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
I found this quote very interesting. People tend to vary widely in their assessment of the concepts of fate, fortune, and destiny. Some famous people (such as Lord Byron) believed that all we do is controlled by our fate or our destiny. Others (such as William Jennings Bryant) believed that fate and destiny were completely controlled by our own actions. I like the quote above because it presents a view that is more balanced.
Yes...we are tossed by storms in our life that are impossible to control, but not only do they stem partially from ourselves, they are able to be endured and thusly controlled by our own actions. We create our storms, we weather them. They are not entirely in our control or entirely out of it. Our lives are a balance of what we may do and what we must do.
Food for Thought: What occurrences in your life do you believe came about as part of your "destiny"?
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