Fate and Decision

fate and decision:

how did i get here? when you look back on your life, you remember the major decisions, the school you applied for, the job you took and the relationships you chose. we cannot deny decisions influence what happens to us, the general course of our lives. decisions matter. but how do decisions happen?

we would like to think the important ones are well thought out, that we make the best choices with what information we have, that we can defeat fate as being something that takes control away. let us examine the decision making process whilst walking in a crowded city street. people walk towards you. every few seconds, you decide to swerve to the right or left to avoid colliding with people. the pace is so fast that there is little time for conscious thought as to how to navigate the crowd. you make decisions as to the path you walk instinctively.

posit that life moves fast, even though it may not seem it. do we have enough time to make intelligent life decisions? is life like playing chess with blitz time controls?

speaking for myself, i am interested in things like time and fate. i enjoy writing. blogger exists. so was it inevitable that i would write this blog post. all the ingredients were there. was it my fate?

CLEARCHARGE

A Hint of Power

a hint of power:

it is questioned, is fate real? the deciding factor is power, of course. without any power over our lives, a mindless fate must seem real. this is a frightening concept, like a person thrashing wildly, spun and carried by the waves of fate to a destination unknown. few of us have the powers of a god, but some power, even a hint, is most useful!

with power, is there the wisdom and intelligence to exercise it properly? you could argue, yes, fate was not real in his or her case, because he or she clearly made the right decisions in life and it all turned out pretty well! what is most feared is ignorance.

now there may be an assumption that the world is more stable than perhaps it really is. things can change in an instant or more slowly, but change is inevitable. what is the case today may not even exist in two years time.

observing how things develop and change is both fascinating and essential in life.

CLEARCHARGE