I tend to believe in it when things have gone either extremely well or extremely badly.
When things seem to have worked out right. Life is good, and I'm counting my blessings... then I tend to be a believer in fate.
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When things are at their worst, and I see no way out, and feel truly hopeless... at that time too, fate is something I'll believe in.
Generally though, no I don't. Because I cannot imagine that everything is predestined. (all the big and little things pertaining to each of the billions of humans... who each have some specified pre-destined spot in what's already been fated).
Also, if Fate is a thing, how do you explain the unequivocally awful things that we can all recognize happen OFTEN in the world. Was that little kid "fated" to be raped. Or sold into sex slavery? Or whatever example you want to choose of how life has no real justice (at least not for some). I think it's messed up for any human to be fated to suffer unjustly the way so many people suffer... without ever seeing any rewarded.
That kid from the example above... she doesn't get the Disney happy ending we all like to think about when we talk about Fate.
After being raped multiple times a day, by different men. Day after day for several years... one day someone gets a little too rough while raping her and kills her. He pays her "owner" a fair price for his loss, and her body is dumped in the river.
What kind of life is that? How can fate exist if that's the lot some people are destined to? I have to believe that nobody has a fate like that written in the stars. But for fate to exist for me or for you... then that little girl was born to be mistreated and discarded. I cannot believe that is pre-destined to be anybody's fate. So, no, usually I don't believe in fate.
Excellent question though! 🙂
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Fate as in unavoidable destiny, outcome, or future consequence of uncomfortable or preplanned destination in life? No, I don't believe in some narrative representation of my future being written or imputed into the directions my life experience takes me to.
I do believe in the unfair and unfortunate consequences that people and events can have, in the directions a person's life takes, and the importance of the occasional moment of clarity-- one needs in navigating the potentially life altering forks in the road without a visible road sign in sight moments, that can make or break, a person's will to go on living.
Only if it's obvious. O that guy is swimming in a crocodile infested river. If he gets grabbed, call it fate. Things like that.
Yes I do. Too many things have happened and when they do, I call it fate right then and there.
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I believe life is guided by fate, but I also believe that everyone has different paths to different fates and just by making the right karmic choices will lead you to a different fate than another choice would've done, I also believe that no matter what choices you make some people's fates might all include a certain outcome you just can't avoid wether it's good or bad, I believe your choices decide if your overall fate is good or bad, like maybe your core fate is to be rich but certain choices you make put you down a fates path where you end up being extremely rich but hated and murdered or another path where you end up the most loved wealthiest person
Yes, I also believe in work, finess, effort, timing, skill, awareness, consciousness, God, and a few other things.
Specifically, there was a time I had interest in a gal at work. I was inspired and worked hard to get into her world. I succeeded, it bombed and we both moved on for the better. Effort...
If by "fate" you mean the belief that events in a person's life or in the world are predetermined by a higher power, natural order, or unseen forces, then I do not believe in that.
However, I do believe that individuals have the power to make their own choices and shape their own lives, although they may be constrained by certain limits set by external factors.
No. I believe in timing and probability. For instance, today I saw a woman that I've noticed around my apartment building but never had the opportunity to talk to. I honestly can't remember the last time I saw her before today. But the fact that I saw her today was a matter of probability; a very low one. The fact that I was unable to talk to her was a matter of timing. I was 50 meters away from her before she got into her car and left.
Millions of Jews were fated to be killed in the holocaust? If that was fate, then I'm disgusted at fate.
I'm grateful to the universe though, whatever fate it might give me. I've accepted my mortality. I don't want anything more than altruism out of my life.No, my life is too shitty to believe in that and I don't believe in supernatural things in general.
Nope as theirs no reason to believe in that also if such a thing does exist that would mean every horrible thing that happened to someone was supposed to happen which yeah good luck going to a victim of abuse and saying that was your fate
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I kept running into the same girl at Costco because we were cooking the exact same dinner that day now we share recipes
not really. However my uncle used to say fate favors the one who digs the deepest foxhole. We make our own fate.
In the expression shit happens, yes.
I believe there's a reason for everything. It's usually not clear what the reason is. Some I'm still confused about.
Not really. I believe life is what you make of it.
Life events are pre-determined but outcomes may be alterable.
Nope. I don't believe in karma, religion, astrology, etc.
I believe things happen for a reason, and each change in your day affects your outcome.
No but I believe in Karma.
I believe in fate and Karma
I want to believe in it
I have gone back and forth on this for years!! 💯
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