1 : something to which a person or thing is destined : fortune
2 : a predetermined course of events often held to be an irresistible power or agency
I am thinking of following definition #2. What is destiny anyways - we inadverntly use the cliched saying - I am destined to do blah or she was destined to be a star or he was destined to be a doctor...are we really destined to be SOMEONE or SOMETHING. I was more of a believer in definition #1 before but with time I too think that definition #2 is more practical. Practical in the sense, that I really don't have to do anything and if things happen, good or bad, I can always say - it was destined to happen!
I think definition #1 is for more strong minded people. I used to think I am one of those, but I think that was not a true belief or I was way over confident about myself back then.
So how does one find out what they are destined to be or what destiny holds for them? Perhaps, one does things just because of the circumstances they are in. Maybe they wanted to become a doctor but ended up becoming a teacher or a computer geek - does that mean they were destined to become a teacher/computer geek to begin with? Such things always confuse the heck out of me...what are we destined to do in this lifetime???
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