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« No fate », carved Sarah Connor unconsciously on a piece of wood in Terminator 2. It might be a cheesy classic to quote from, but it sure addresses one of the biggest issues in life.
No fate but what we make for ourselves. Here’s quite an empowering statement that gives purpose to our life, but it’s at the same time a huge responsibility to be carrying forever on our simple shoulders. The wake up call might be rough and blaming it on ourselves when the walls come tumbling down around us is not the easiest thing to do. How much more convenient then to blame it on fate or God, and to downplay our role to that of willing puppets.
But what if both sides of the coin were actually combined into a more universal theory? What if fate was a real factor in our lives, and yet could be manipulated any way we see fit?
We’d have the best of both worlds. An infinitely powerful giant hand to guide us and lead us towards our destiny, and then also a small remote control hidden in our pocket that would allow us total control over the mighty hand. Free will combining with fate, interacting with it. Out of awareness and sometimes unconventional choices, we’d be able to alter the course of what seems to be written for us. That, in the end, might be the only real wisdom there is.
To sum it up, as it was said: « Have the strength to change the things you can change, the patience to endure the things you can’t, and the wisdom to know the difference. »
But for all this to work, one more element must be defined a little better; that’s the apparent conflict of chaos and chance vs. probability.
In comes my theory of « Fate as a tree ».
No fate but what we make for ourselves. Here’s quite an empowering statement that gives purpose to our life, but it’s at the same time a huge responsibility to be carrying forever on our simple shoulders. The wake up call might be rough and blaming it on ourselves when the walls come tumbling down around us is not the easiest thing to do. How much more convenient then to blame it on fate or God, and to downplay our role to that of willing puppets.
But what if both sides of the coin were actually combined into a more universal theory? What if fate was a real factor in our lives, and yet could be manipulated any way we see fit?
We’d have the best of both worlds. An infinitely powerful giant hand to guide us and lead us towards our destiny, and then also a small remote control hidden in our pocket that would allow us total control over the mighty hand. Free will combining with fate, interacting with it. Out of awareness and sometimes unconventional choices, we’d be able to alter the course of what seems to be written for us. That, in the end, might be the only real wisdom there is.
To sum it up, as it was said: « Have the strength to change the things you can change, the patience to endure the things you can’t, and the wisdom to know the difference. »
But for all this to work, one more element must be defined a little better; that’s the apparent conflict of chaos and chance vs. probability.
In comes my theory of « Fate as a tree ».
Posted at 7:22 PM in Schtroumpfissime:
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« There are certain unanswerable notions and questions, such as « what was, before the Big Bang? » « how can God care about every moment of 3 billion individuals? »
Date of comment: 2006-02-27 14:15 •Fate is one of these unexplainable mechanisms.
Time, as we all know, or should know, is relative.
At every second, we have free will to take any path we choose to. Yet, everything that happens is exactly what Fate had in store for us. So it’s a sort of reverse time where we first have a choice and once this choice is made, it becomes exactly the one that was written for us all along. Thus our lives are perfect albeit sometimes unpleasant, because we are totally free to chose yet every single thing that happens was meant to be.
Not bad, the tree theory :) »
« I would have to respectfully disagree with you on one thing, my dear Sigfrid. I don’t think that fate applies retrospectively. I believe our own decisions brought us where we are, and then if there is a fate, it will apply onward, but never backwards... »
Date of comment: 2006-02-27 16:49 •« You’re allowed to disagree, as long as you keep it respectful:) The name is Sigrid, not Sigfrid, Vinfcent.
Date of comment: 2006-02-28 10:38 •To me onward and backward doesn’t make sense since there is no time. You can’t have fate only at a certain starting point. You have it all along or not at all. Heck I’m no longer sure what I believe myself. If you don’t mind « I think I’m gonna lay there and think for a while... » »
« et dire que je m’inquiète parfois à ton
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Date of comment: 2006-03-03 20:48 •sujet... you can relax, mom...