I believe in destiny. I believe there’s a planned-out end, an expected end for everything that happens. I believe nothing happens coincidentally. Nothing happens by chance. Life is a beautiful cosmos only truly understood by the Author Himself. This is not some mystical thinking to try to make sense of everything like we humans always want to do. There’s actually an author of life. I wouldn’t say He is just behind the scenes because He is in it too— everywhere and every me. One thing the Author did was that He made creatures. Creatures of different species and kinds. But the greatest of all was man, man—The Author’s most powerful being. Man wields so much power that he is sometimes ignorant of it. So even though there is destiny, there is the “potluck” at the end of the rainbow, Man holds such a mighty power to change it. The power of man is the power of choice. Every day, man makes moves, decisions, accounting or not for every second, every minute painting a picture, writing a story that might either fade into memory or be displayed in the sands of me. This power grants man the freewill to either partner with the Author to recreate what has already been written or chart his course. So what is destiny? Is destiny what happens no matter what, like how every mortal man is destined to die? Is destiny a destination or journey? Here’s what I have come to find, Destiny is in every moment: It’s in every me— for me is life and life is lived with choices. Destiny is aligning every choice, however little or minute to what was written, for every of my day was written in the Author’s book. For destiny is here. Destiny is now. Indeed, I am such a powerful being, able to chart a path for myself and feel ‘fulfilled’ in it. But I choose to use my power to align myself with the Most powerful being Himself. As an author myself, it’s beautiful to see stories being written every moment, every second. Stories are everywhere. But the best story of all— is the one played out as ordained and written by the Author Himself.
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