1/11/2010 - Fate; The Three Fates
Greetings,
A friend of mine and myself have used the word *fate* a lot lately. I used the word, *fate* lightly within one of my emails to them. Then, it dawned on me, what I was really saying. I had sent them the mythical concept of it and how it really relates to “three fates”. It was fine to see how they seemed to want to hide, dodge and even run from fate, but as a friend, viewing their reasons within my mind, I did not feel this was a right decision on their part. But, who was I to tell them that?
Do I believe in fate? I do believe in fate, now that I look back over my life. But, I also know, we can tell fate to go jump, because we have no intention of following up on the “fate” that may come our way.
The three fates, as I see it mainly relates to females, the maiden, mother and then crone. Those are the stages of a woman’s life per say. We come to each of these three fates sometime within our lifetime. But, the fate I am writing about today, has nothing to do with this concept and nothing to do with the Greek mythology either.
I do believe that there are just some things in our life, that is just meant to be and I do feel it is called fate. We can turn from it. We can deny it and we can take steps to not even acknowledge it, but that does not mean fate did not tap into our life.
Why would someone turn their back on something that apparently was meant to be? Are we foolish enough to look *fate* in the face and say, “Go away!” Yes, because we do have a free will and sometimes fate brings things into our lives that we refuse to have or even want. Along with the wonderful things fate can bring into your life, it can also bring what we do not find desirable, as well. Why? It is called *life* and who we are.
Example:
Fate delivered a brand new car to two people who really wanted the car.
The first one to get the car was excited and loved it. Wow, I finally got the car of my dreams. They drive it everyday, they show it off. After ten years it is parked in their back yard, rusted, dirty and never thought of again.
The second one to get the car was excited and loved it. Wow, I finally got the car of my dreams. They drive it everyday. They showed it off to everyone. They cleaned and polished it whenever possible. They loved that car! Ten years latter it is sitting in their garage and it looks just like it did the day fate helped them get it.
Fate may bring something into our lives, but it is our final decision on how we use what it has brought our way, to determine if it was good fate or bad fate. I have never thought fate brought a bad car, a bad situation or even a bad person our way. It is we, who determine the end results of fate!
We can blame fate for all of the bad things that come within our lives. We can also give fate, the reason for all of the wonderful things that come into our lives. Fate brings the oportunities. It is up to us.... how to use what fate brings.
The conclusion to all of this is that my friend was right. Run from fate! Why take chances. Live our lives the way we choose to live them and hope *fate* will bring to us what we truly want and when we want it.
