Do You Believe in "Destiny"?

Philippines
December 21, 2010 2:42am CST
Can anybody convince me why i should believe in destiny? and why i shouldn't? Who believes in Destiny and who does not..? - Tell me if you believe or not.. and explain to me why..
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• Philippines
21 Dec 10
my answer is: I don't know... Destiny exists if you believe it does. To others, destiny may be in a form of a dream. Some people dream of happenings or specific events in their lives that they believe it may happen in the future; Some say a deja vu is a sign that you're in the right path for your destiny; while others just feel that they are destined to be where, who, and what they are right now.. For me, I don't know.. Honestly, sometimes I believe in destiny and sometimes I don't. It's because, I've been through some experiences that I cannot logically explain why it happened to me. 6 years ago, back when I was undecided in choosing my career, I had a dream that gave me a hint on what I was about to become. Unexpectedly, I realized that my dream 6 years ago came true.. I don't know if my dream was about my destiny, however, I won't have to linger and depend on dreams. We have the free will to do as much as we can to shape our future. So it's up to you to decide if you believe in destiny or not.
• Philippines
22 Dec 10
Free will isn't just an illusion. God has given us free will to do things the way we want in life. Humans as we are, we have the free will to choose our destiny. That is what made us different from angels. However, God already knew what lies ahead of us beforehand. ^_^
• Philippines
21 Dec 10
i don't know if you believe or not. But as for me.. Destiny is real.. one evidence that made me decide that destiny is real is that of God and his son Jesus Christ. for me, freewill is an illusion. every word we say. every actions we take. is already written by God. God knows what will happen, when it will happen and how it will happen. let's take for example the life of Jesus Christ. Christ was the only begotten son of God. if there is freewill. would God let his son die on the cross? of course not. But God is God right? He knows everything. and i think God knows from the start till the end. - thats my opinion.^^,
@krajibg (11923)
• Guwahati, India
21 Dec 10
It is difficult to make one believe if at all destiny holds good. But in my view to some extent it is there. Destiny keeps a unique place in every life. It is a powerful belief which we can neither weigh in balance nor test in any laboratory. It is not only a superstition. It has also a strong psychological basis. We can explain Destiny in three ways: • As a psychological medicine. • As a mean of satisfaction. • As a scale of hard work. As a psychological medicine- Whenever things go deadly wrong in our lives, we do not get expected results even after a lot of hard work then, for a disturbed mental condition, the word destiny proves a wonderful medicine. The feeling of super power of destiny helps us to remain psychologically fit in various mental problems. Everyone can not get first position in a race. We all try our level best. But even then, if there are hundred competitors, ninety nine have to face defeat. In a world of competitions, destiny is proving the best psychological cure. The GEETA, famous holy book of Hindus, delivers wonderful sermon- “Do your work. Do not wish for results.” If there is no such psychological cure, all of our world will be full of depressed personalities. So Destiny is the widely needed psycho medicine. As a mean of satisfaction- There are various human feelings, both positive and negative. The satisfaction of all these feelings is must. The negative human feelings such as jealous, anger, revenge etc. all are mostly produced from unsatisfaction. All these feelings are so strong that these can even destroy the whole world. Second world war was also a result of all these feelings. The word ‘Destiny’ is a wonderful mean to control unsatisfaction. It satisfies all the questions that arise in human minds. Where destiny fails to satisfy these questions, HITLER and MUSOLINI took birth. When something wrong happen to us, we satisfy ourselves by saying it our destiny. In this way, negative feelings die even before their birth. As a scale of hard work- Our destiny determines the level of our hard work. If a person works very hard and he progresses, we all say his stars are bright. If a person fails to succeed we call his stars dim. Dim stars actually represent person’s lower level of hard work. The conversion of these dim stars of destiny into bright stars is possible only through hard work. So, hard work and destiny are the two sides of same coin. We can never separate them. In nutshell, Destiny is a psychological matter which helps us to achieve peace as well as success. It is not a result of mere believes but a superb contribution of psychology to our society.
• Philippines
21 Dec 10
Amazing! Very well said. I've been thinking so much on why do we have to believe in destiny. I like the way you mentioned about destiny in the latter part of your post. Now it makes sense to me. "Destiny as a superb contribution of psychology to our society" can make me think of positive things even if things went wrong. It somehow gives purpose to undesired outcomes in life or worst experiences in life. Destiny makes a good pair with the psychology of the law of attraction. ^_^
@krajibg (11923)
• Guwahati, India
21 Dec 10
Yes, lady, you are right in your comprehension. What I put in the post is just a tiny thing. Thank you for appreciating my effort.
@Sanitary (3968)
• Singapore
28 Dec 10
I do in believe destiny, but at the same time i don't want to believe in it. Destiny is like fate, they are playing with our life. Some says that destiny is a form of concidence which i believed so, but in life, there can't be too much of a concidence when it concerns the same person or same thing right? When fact lies in front of us, we have no choice but to accept it.
@cssiduyz (1053)
• Indonesia
21 Dec 10
I believe that destiny exists. and believe it is fate that can change and could be deterred. because fate was not always make our lives become depressed, even a destiny that makes us to remember the Lord to ask for help and assistance.
• Philippines
21 Dec 10
We create our own destiny. Destiny is summed up by the choices we make in life. That's why God gave us free-will so we can decide what we want to be or what we want to achieve. As the saying goes, life is a matter of choices, not chances.
• Malaysia
21 Dec 10
I only believe that one should not believe in a destiny. It only serves to cloud the mind in a illusion that our present actions have no bearing on the future, leading to despair, hopelessness, sloth and irresponsibility. Besides, it's not the destiny, it's the journey that counts, take every single day as a gift, do well, screw destiny. The irony of this post is that I am withering away a day's off on myLot