I started writing again because the dream I thought was my destiny did not materialize. I was thrown off course. While standing at the crossroads of indecision, I thought myself lost. Just about the same time, the DVD collection of Beauty and the Beast the TV series came out. That was another dream which finally came true: a full copy of all three seasons. I never thought I would see the whole three seasons again. I didn’t think anyone cared about the show. Boy was I wrong!
A chance encounter with an online group got me thinking about a storyline that I would like to write, inspired by my best friend who had passed away. I found Fanfiction or it found me. While writing there, I remembered another twenty year old story of mine which had been inspired by the original series. I pulled it off the shelf, retyped it, edited the writing a bit and then got it published. So, one door closed and another opened. Perhaps feeling lost at the crossroads was just what I needed to step out of the abyss of self pity and get on with life.
There are still dreams about doing what I had planned but as the years pass, I realize it is perhaps better to fulfill my own destiny and not something which feels like destiny but in reality is a self imposed obligationhich serves no one. I can do something similar or do things differently. I learned that teaching and learning doesn’t always have to be in a traditional format. There are many ways to learn.
- The Dream
Fate, Free Will, Destiny
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Fate is that unseen hand which bends us towards a destiny of its own making. We are awakened to its possibilities from early on. Do we listen? Perhaps we hear it calling in the distance but more immediate pressures and options keep us from fulfilling its promise. We are caught in webs of every day life which seduce us into believing that our chosen, free will, path is the right one. Free will holds no promises, only experiences. We ignore the possibilities of our fated journey, choosing instead, the option to engage in the seduction of the immediate.
Destiny is just another word for destination, except for a certain sense of the mystical in the journey. So our explorations through life should have an energy which is guided by both fate and free will. In that way we reach not only our destination through the free will journey but also our destiny through the fated pathway.
In the end, we just want to say that ‘I love what I do’. We have to believe that every day when we get up, we know life holds great delight because what we are doing is the very thing which draws the very best from our hearts and souls.
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