tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123460635103303488.post3698555745959312461..comments2024-03-22T00:25:12.029-07:00Comments on 12 days 2 inspire .com: Day 2 Sans Coffee- The JourneyMagdelene ~ Lover, Mother, Mystichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01130333217424478940noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123460635103303488.post-77802366654992339452009-09-29T11:41:08.232-07:002009-09-29T11:41:08.232-07:00I've thought a lot about this question since y...I've thought a lot about this question since you first posited it earlier in your commitments. I used to think fate and destiny were all that and that everything happens for a reason. Now I firmly believe that life is nothing but a string of experiences and coincidences and the only real meaning they have is the ones we choose to give them. I know that sounds a little crazy, a little bit like I'm denouncing all the wonder that life holds, but really, it's the opposite. There is something very freeing in just saying, "This happened and that's all there is to it." Yes, I still think it's important to learn from one's experiences and to try to make better and/or smarter choices the next time they arise, but some grand "plan" that just unfolds? No, I don't think so.<br /><br />Life is really amazing and wonderful. I don't need to figure it all out or have a sense of fate or destiny to know that. I just need to take each thing as it comes, try to enjoy and experience it fully, take what is meaningful to me from it, and let the rest go, and then move onward, like a river, constantly flowing and moving...there is no purpose or destiny for a river...it just IS and it just MOVES and it finds its own path just by doing its thing.<br /><br />Not sure if this makes any sense to anyone but me. I don't feel like I'm expressing myself well. But I guess the bottom line is that no, I no longer believe in destiny.Angel Atwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17400100745812977490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123460635103303488.post-17146008967181362642009-09-29T09:39:50.385-07:002009-09-29T09:39:50.385-07:00Thank you for this picture..it reminds me of a tim...Thank you for this picture..it reminds me of a time when Shawn and I were young and idealistic and pregnant... fantasizing about having kids and making them pay us for treats using beach glass.. 1 green piece= 5cent candy a dark blue a chocolate bar... <br />time goes by so quickly.. again thank you for living in your truth and posting everyday, makes you appreciate and expand time..carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08456017108684364726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123460635103303488.post-14104765302098509462009-09-28T08:18:12.060-07:002009-09-28T08:18:12.060-07:00There are no coincidences, that much I know. I am ...There are no coincidences, that much I know. I am not sure about destiny because it seems to mitigate free will choice...I don't know. I am sure there are some Chinese proverbs that shed light on this.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13822992298044627828noreply@blogger.com