Carrie Bradshaw: I got to thinking about fate. That crazy concept that we're not really responsible for the course our lives take. That it's all predestined, written in the stars. Maybe that explains why, if you live in a city, where you can't even see the stars, your love life tends to feel a little more random. And even if our every man, every kiss, every heartache, is pre-ordered from some cosmic catalogue, can we still take a wrong step and wander off our own personal milky way? I couldn't help but wonder, can you make a mistake and miss your fate?
Now, this was a lovely episode and all(the one where Miranda has Brady and Mr. Big moves halfway across the country) - it raises an interesting point - can we, somehow, screw up our fate? There's a nice, sweet, charming quote at the end of it:
Maybe our mistakes are what make our fate. Without them, what would shape our lives? Perhaps if we never veered off course we wouldn't fall in love, or have babies, or be who we are. After all, seasons change. So do cites. People come into your life and people go. But it's comforting to know that the ones you love are always in your heart. And if you're very lucky, a plane ride away.
Anyhow.
This raises an interesting question - is it possible to 'miss your fate'? I know my spiritual friends will say no. I know my more scientific friends will say there is no such thing as fate. I probably fall somewhere into a 'middle ground' when it comes to spiritual vs. scientific.
Some people say 'what's meant for you won't miss you'. I am not sure what I believe on this one. However, I can think of four instances in my life where, ironically, it seemed like things were just meant to work out a certain way, against all odds. I'll go as far to say I can think of four instances where I ALMOST screwed up my fate, but for whatever reason, things worked out the way they did anyway.
However, according to this way of thinking, it's almost as though one is just supposed to sit back and wait for fate to happen to him/her. I believe in being proactive about things. I do believe that when a person really wants something, it's up to him or her to go out and make it happen. I kind of feel the whole 'fate' concept sometimes kind of contradicts this. Hmm.
Thoughts? Is there such a thing as fate? Is it possible to screw up one's fate? Can anything be done to alter fate?
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Live your life, do your thing, it will all work out in the end. Whether that's fate or not, I don't know. I don't spend a lot of time thinking about this though, because I get confused and I don't know what is up or down, whether it's here or there, and whether the sky is really blue. Just be free....to be. Sigh. I don't know when I turned into a hippie, but there it is.
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