Monday, May 07, 2007
11:33 PM
Food For Thought
When things happen the way they do, some of us are quick to attribute them to fate. We say that 'oh its fated that we meet' or 'its fated that although im sick, i get good grades' and so on. U get my drift? haha And because it is fate...dats y u accept or hang on to it more. Sometimes when bad things happen, u get depressed coz ure 'fated' to be this way.
But wad if u take it to another level....what if these things that we call fate, are actually examples of coincidences? Then, the power of those incidences mellow down doesnt it? So does fate = coincidences? Fate has a religious connotation to it and wen we attach events to fate, we believe it more strongly. If we call them coincidences, den its meaning has been lowered.
Lets bring it to a 3rd level of thought. What if fate and coincidences, whichever you choose to call, are linked to the power of the mind? We gravitate towards the thoughts of dominance. If we keep thinking that life sux and is rotten and that everybody is unkind to us, sometimes dont u find u attract all the rotten stuff? and den u sae its fate that i am dis way. If we keep thinking that life offers so much opportunities and people respect and love us the way we are, don't u think dat for some reason, life is good to us? And we get good opportunities and meet good and caring and loving people and that we get loved in return? Den perhaps, we say 'oh, what a coincidence?'
I got this from Andrew Matthews 'Being Happy'. I tink its worth a read to remind ourselves that we reap wad we sow...what we get depends on our outlook of life. Im not saying dat im debunking fate. I still strongly believe in fate...I also know that we are what we make out to be and that involves the choices we make. We choose to be happy and help pple, or we choose to ignore pple, get angry at everythin and think life is so unfair to us. If we combine the power of our mind to gravitate towards positivity and believe in the true essence of fate, den insya-Allah we will be successful people in life, surrounded by those who love and care for us :)
So i ask you....choose....
.sincera fazzy.
