Decisiondetermines Destiny

DECISIONS DETERMINE DESTINY

We exist, so to speak, within a field of infinite possibility, infinite potential. However, that field gets narrowed by our birth into a particular family within the socioeconomic conditions of a particular country. That is to say, that our range of choices is automatically narrowed by a number of environmental factors beyond our control. One does not have a choice to be born with a defect, nor does one have choice to be born to alcoholic parents, who are chronically unemployed in a filthy, impoverished neighborhood that lacks adequate access to education, employment, and/or health care. While sometimes an individual can think "outside of their own box" and overcome these circumstances, generally most people will be limited by the conditions of their birth and their primary environment in early life.

That aside, however, one still possesses a rather wide field of possibility and potentials in one's childhood. Each choice you make then can either open up your field of potential or more likely narrow it. And, the older one gets, the more critical the decisions can become in narrowing and directing the field of possibility for a person.

As you look back upon your memories, you may begin to see a pattern, a trail of choices, decisions, and actions that have led you from wherever you started to wherever you are now. Some will call this fate. Others will call this destiny. It looks as if some unseen hand has directed the course of your life. And, it is true; there is a consciousness at work that got you from A to Z...and it's YOU!!! You made choices and took actions that led you to the next step where you made choices and took actions that led you to the next step, etc., etc., ad infinitum.

There is no convincing evidence that anything beyond your genetic and socioeconomic conditions and your own decision-making determines the course that your life will take. The key is owning your responsibility to think about your choices, to...