Destiny

Today I was asked if I believe in destiny.

To me destiny is kinda like a maze. There is one beginning and one end. And while we know where the beginning is, do we know anything about the end? Once in the maze/life, you have a choice to turn left, right, or go straight, and each choice you make takes you to in another direction with a different experience. Like life we never know what is a round the corner, just as we don't know what the big guy upstairs has in mind for us. Are we destined to be famous? poor? alone? rich? Isn't that all a matter of what goals we have set for ourselves? . Along the path we find many obstacles. They either break us or make us stronger. We either learn from them or are destroyed by them. Do these highs and lows shape our destiny?

Can we say that superman was destined to be a hero and Lex Luthor was destined to be a villain? Maybe if Superman were raised in the foster system he would have been the villain and had Lex been in a loving family environment he could have been the hero.

When a child proclaims that he will be president, and works to achieve that goal, and one day finds himself sitting behind the White House desk, has he realized his destiny? What about us poor schleps that just wanna lead a good life? Is that our destiny? Maybe our destiny and our goals are the same thing. Maybe some folks know their destiny and others only have them revealed when we meet our maker and review our lives. I figure I'm the latter. Destiny, ya, I believe in it, but like the maze, I have no idea where the end is.