You have heard it said “You can’t go against your destiny” or “This is my destiny.” What do they mean?
Question: Do you have a free choice in what happens to your life, or are you controlled completely by destiny/fate? Please write 7-10 sentences.
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Laura Galeana
3/2/2016 01:29:27 pm
I believe that things happen for a reason. I think we all have a destiny. In some occations things dont go the way they are planned. i choose to believe that things fall into place. I also agree with our choices leading us to something. If we have the chose between whats good and whats bad our fate changes. The things that are inevitable is Destiny. Thats what makes us who we are. We can make choices to change how we feel about things and what we will do about them.
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Daniel Hansen
9/8/2019 08:22:48 pm
True and that most things are out of your control and external factors may happen.
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Vanessa Enriquez
9/27/2016 02:43:15 pm
Ah, the age old question about our lives and whether we really have any free will at all. Personally, I like to believe that we all choose our own destiny. Our choices are what decide our fate. The logic behind this (for me anyway) is that evil isn't made, it's born. If that statement is true, then it stands to reason that we choose to do bad or we choose to do good. My belief in free will might also have something to do with the fact that I'm not very religious and my religion doesn't believe in predestination anyway. I read a lot of books about prophecy and how you can't avoid a prophecy. I love a quote from a book called the Sword of Summer, however, where Loki tells Magnus that though the gods and everybody else might have their fate decided, their choices are what rebel against fate. If I believe in that statement, then does it really matter if everything is predetermined?
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Asia Taylor
3/2/2017 07:00:15 pm
I think we mostly have a free choice in what happens in our lives. Not everything is by destiny. Though, I do think some choices are by destiny or fate. I also think that when you meet people, it's by destiny/fate. The choices we make in life can lead to destiny. When people say "This is my destiny", I think that they're saying that they need to do whatever it is that feels like their destiny. It's like saying "if it's meant to be, then let it be."
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geovanni medina
3/5/2017 06:55:31 pm
In my opinion we choose our faith or destiny. I believe that because not everything comes to you because you have to work for most of the things you want. This is why i believe that you choose your own destiny. You are not controlled by destiny because there isn't a destiny waiting for you because you need to create your own faith. I also believe that there are some choices are made by destiny/faith meaning some things do come to you but you don't even realize it.
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Genet carter
10/12/2017 01:46:13 pm
Everything that has or will happen is happening. The future is set in stone. However your choices are different paths. Each path unique to you but inevitable. Your future is under your control, but it has already happened and already planned. Time is not a line but a spot. Everything is one moment layered over each other. We simply jump form demension to demonsion.
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Pamela Marquez
10/14/2017 08:53:53 am
I think that we have a choice every time we encouter a situation. But no matter what choice we choose we will still be headed to the same place that was destined from the start. Our future is set and we cant change it. At least thats why i think.
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Nicholas
1/19/2018 02:26:14 pm
I believe we are in full control of our choices and that our actions, in response to what fate offers us, matter. We are here to learn lessons and the hard decisions we have to make are what helps us grow as humans. Our destiny is not something we can sit by and let happen to us. We need to take action on the opportunities we are presented with fate may open doors but if it's our destiny, then WE have to walk through them. We can either let fate lead us through life or we can shape our own destiny.
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Danielle Uribe
1/29/2018 02:03:35 pm
Destiny is usually referred to when people are speaking about their purpose in life. But maybe people don’t have just one sole purpose in life. I think people are made to make all sorts of accomplishments. That being whether it’s succeeding in school or helping other, a type of validation for their life. Nothing else is going to change if you, yourself do not put in that effort. Your life depends on yourself and your choices.
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jai allen
2/1/2018 07:57:05 pm
Yes i think we have a choice for what happens in our life.It all depends how we do things and think things.i am not controlled by fate or anything.i want to live my life how i want to and i don't care what anyone says.Your life is on you and how you want to make it to be,and what you want to become.But everyone's path is different and you have to live with that
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Samuel Ferrer
2/3/2018 09:49:37 pm
I believe that things happen for a reason. I think we all have a destiny. In some occations things dont go the way they are planned. I choose to believe that things fall into place. I also agree with our choices leading us to something. If we have to choose between whats good and whats bad our fate changes. The things that are inevitable is Destiny. Thats what makes us who we are. We can make choices to change how we feel about things and what we will do about them.
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Adam Santoyo
2/6/2018 03:19:48 pm
I personally think a person creates their own destiny. Also I feel like that’s just how life worked out. I think you can definitely make your own fate because you have options in life. The choices that we take are what make up our fate.
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omar velasco
4/20/2018 03:06:53 pm
What a stud!!!! :$
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Emilia Ramirez
2/26/2018 02:00:41 pm
Do i have a free choice? Ummm... not really, my mom usually makes the choices for me. I want to make my own choices but don’t really get to have the choice. There’s at times that i can make my own choices but they have to be well concerned or well thought of. There will be a time that i make my own choices and will be free to make them instead of someone telling me. Do i think that destiny or fate completely controls on what to do? Well personality i don’t think it does, i don’t believe in fate, but i do kinda believe in destiny. There’s things that you’re destine to do or you’re destine to do something.
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Daisy Espinoza
2/28/2018 06:14:17 pm
I don't believe in coincidence, I think its a matter of open-mindedness. Whether you believe in it or not. I'm not saying destiny is a real thing because I have no way to prove it but, that's just my point of view. I personally think we all have this kind of "fate", that our lives are already planned but I do believe that we grow thanks to our choices. The choices we make are supposed to guide us through life. The choices that we make can take us to different places but will always fall on the path that was already planned for us. Every person we meet through our entire life was meant to happen. Those people can always bring a message to you about new things, moving on through tough times, you don't know maybe you'll even learn a lesson from them.
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Gene Fashbaugh
3/5/2018 01:25:19 pm
You are in control of most of what happens in your life. It depends on the subject but mostly if you make poor decisions you will have a poor outcome. If you work hard and do good things then your outcome will be positive. Granit things like a house being robbed or surviving a traumatic scenario is luck of the draw. But if it’s either you work hard and be successful or rely on “destiny” or “fate” with no actions your not gonna go anywhere. It takes action to make a outcome. So if you don’t care then take your chances with “Fate”, “destiny” then go ahead. If you want higher chances of success then work hard and don’t give up.
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My point of view is that things happen for a reason. i personally think we all have a destiny. Some occasions things don't go the way they are planned. I believe that things fall into place. If we have the chose between whats good and whats bad our fate changes. We do have the power to changes some things that may be helpful or bad for the feature its all depends in what way we we see the things.The things or the challenges that are inevitable are the ones that are in charge of making us who we are. We can make choices to change how we feel about things and what we will do about them.
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Omar velasco
4/20/2018 03:06:00 pm
I feel like we are just controlled by destiny and fate because every action has a consequence no matter what you do. I believe in karma ying and yang , if you do something good you will get something in return that is also good. I feel like everyone has a purpose and thats that
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Alfonso Granados
5/7/2018 04:17:47 pm
in my opinion there is a choice you are willing to take. you have to chose the path you want to take. you yourself is suppose to find the destiny and fate don't let it go out work for what you want instead of you waiting for it to come to you. there are people that just give up on there destiny and don't find it/work for it.
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Isaac Rocha
5/15/2018 01:05:20 pm
I believe things happen for a reason. So therefore I think that whatever happens in my life time there’ll be a reason for all of it. But also yorself is suppose to find destiny an fate an dont ever lose that mindset! So go chase after what you gunna want for yourself. Don’t try an let it all come too you . Not everyone finds their destiny so they give up an dont work for it.
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carolina
5/17/2018 07:34:24 pm
i think that you control everything that happens in your life. Everything happens to you because you did one thing or another that lead to it. now somethings that you have no power over that you cant change but you can change the outcome of it. if you make poor decisions than you will have a poor outcome. if you make good decisions than you will have a good outcome. its all out to what you decide to do.
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Daniel moredia
5/21/2018 09:24:06 am
I believe things happen for a reason. So therefore I think that whatever happens in my life time there’ll be a reason for all of it. But Your also supposed to find destiny it just doesn’t come for no reason out of no where.if you make poor decisions than you will have a poor outcome and if you make good decisions you will have a good one. So it’s kinda something you have to work for in order to get to your destiny
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Danny Whitney
9/11/2018 02:31:33 pm
Everyone can choose their destiny. Everyone can do what they want right now, if you choose to do good, you can do good. Sometimes you don't have a choice and things go wrong. So it can be fate and you can choose destiny. You can try your hardest to do great things and you can sit there and fail. If you sit there and fail, you will fail in life. If you choose to try your hardest, you'll win or do whatever you can, but you will have an opportunity.
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Katelyn
9/28/2018 02:22:41 pm
I believe that whatever happens happens but some things happen for a reason and sometimes you have to make things happen
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Juan Bautista
11/14/2018 09:21:08 pm
Destiny is pretty much your fate, you cant change it. What you do and say sets up your destiny, so in example if you talk major crap on someone then you probably are going to get into a fight and that's just destiny because you set yourself up for it! Destiny goes a long way it sums up your whole life, in other words imagine destiny as a book! In the book is your fate/destiny you write the book as you live, it's very important to watch what you do and say because if serious you WILL lock in your fate.
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Joseph Arcos
1/22/2019 02:27:38 pm
When someone says “This is my destiny” it means everything they did in life has lead up to that moment. I think that yes you do have a free choice to what you want to do in life. I feel though that no matter what you do your destiny is set it’s going to happen. I feel that once you reach your destiny I feel that you can change it and change your future. Some people have a bad destiny and some have a good one but i feel that with either one you can always change it.
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Carey Cornejo
8/26/2019 08:52:24 am
I believe that We do have control of the choices of our lives. Even tho we choose a choice to do in some situations, we never know what will happen next. Density will see what happens next after something happens in your life. What happens, happens, you really can’t control what comes next, that’s density’s job.
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Jonathan Bautista
8/27/2019 02:58:32 pm
They mean that the fate of your lives can’t be control because of certain elements. Like where are you born, raised, and the obstacles that comes in life. It is mostly how your environment is and how you perceive it.
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Jocelyn Chaidez
8/29/2019 02:04:54 pm
I think they mean everything happen for a reason, sort of like fate. I think i have free choice in my life depending in what do, say , or act. I also can believe in fate sometimes like , where you where born or even what you do in a daily biases.
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Daniel Hansen
9/8/2019 08:20:20 pm
Destiny is a trying concept. It can mean that we are all fated to do this, that and another thing but it can also mean we’ll all die someday. I believe that our destiny is something we make. We often make choices that we regret and end up paying for it. We can either take the easy road or the long and right road. Either way we still get the reaction to those decisions and whether or not they are good ones remains to be seen. Odeipus had a lot of warning to change his fate but instead he thought he had escaped his destiny and instead he lowered his guard.
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Andrew Moore
10/23/2019 09:51:37 pm
I personally think a person creates their own destiny. Also I feel like that’s just how life worked out. I think you can definitely make your own fate because you have options in life. The choices that we take are what make up our fate.
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Destiny
2/10/2020 04:53:58 pm
I believe that in certain things we can control what we do in life such as, fate has to decide on what your path encounters but you decide on how to deal with those encounters.
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Eric Gylling
3/2/2020 09:18:48 am
Destiny seems to be something that you were made to do. That's understandable because when I transferred to this school I've been doing a phenomenal job an proceed to do so. The more I think about it; it doesn't matter what you do. What your currently doing is a prerequisite for the inevitable. What I'm doing now is affecting what I might do in the future. And sometimes it doesn't matter what you do maybe something might happen without you having to do anything to hinder your future. So what I think of destiny is that somethings you are in control of and somethings but yet other occurrences are out of your reach.
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Justin balavitch
9/28/2020 01:14:26 pm
We were all given free will to live our lives. We make different choices everyday for a variety of reasons without really thinking about why we made them. Eventually no matter what choices we have made we all will land where we are suppose to be because are lives are already planned out for us.
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arianna alvarez
10/3/2020 03:58:27 pm
i think this world just picks and chooses for you. everything that happens is completely out of every ones control. i know that we meet certain people for certain reasons. everything happens for a reason. we are where we are because of the world. everything is already planned out. and in the end, god knows how we end up and knowing that just gives me peace.
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Christian Ramirez
10/4/2020 03:51:18 pm
When someone talks about their destiny, they mean about their will and ability on how they control their life. You will have a free choice if you work for it. Thats kinda like everthing. Because nothing in this world is free. You are the only person that can determine your destiny.
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Anthony
10/6/2020 07:40:13 am
I think it means something you feel that you must do or to either follow along with something important, realizing what it is.
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Bianca Torres
12/15/2020 11:19:18 am
In life I believe that we are controlled by our decisions on what we make.Yes there is destiny and fate on somethings, Which are like “ Will we stay together forever only destiny can tell.” Destiny and fate are words which that are powerful words when in times used, where you don’t know the future of what someone is asking you. When it comes down to him life fate or destiny doesn’t take the wheel, you do and your decisions in life do and that’s what makes of you in life.
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Edward Ramos
9/27/2021 02:59:47 pm
I believe that your destiny has to be achieved by the things you do in your life. I think that certain actions can either bring you closer or drive you away from your destiny.
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Alejandro Morales
9/28/2021 10:06:05 am
I feel like the things that happen to us humans is for a reason. and I also feel like the things that happen to us is for a reason. I also feel like all of us have destiny. because we are able to do or accomplish anything that we want as long as we put our mind to it. and I also think that destiny plays a big part of who we are as humans. that is why I feel that we humans have destiny.
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Yvonne Huitron
9/30/2021 12:57:55 pm
I believe that things happen for a reason. I think we all have a destiny. In some occasions things don't go the way they are planned. i believe that things fall into place. I also agree with our choices leading us to something. If we have the chose between what's good and what's bad our fate changes. The things that are inevitable is Destiny. That's what makes us who we are. We can make choices to change how we feel about things and what we will do about them. If we don't like something in our life we can change it.
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Izabelle Garcia
10/28/2021 01:14:17 pm
Destiny isn't what I would personally call it. Everyday we are making choices and sometimes those choices are gonna lead to things that might will influence the future. what If that choice of me wanting to walk a dog for a few bucks will lead me to becoming a really rich dog walker? as funny as it sounds but the point of it is you never really know what will lead you to something good or bad its all chance. A bunch of people making choices, everyone's life is intertwined with others humans are like litte lines in a web of this world. is destiny real? i think its how u look at it, you make Your life out of what u choose and you have to just work with what you got
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Adrian
9/26/2022 09:55:40 am
I believe we do all have a destiny. We all have one but it all depends on the person if they are willing to put in the effort and work. We can all reach one it just takes time and work.
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Emmanuel
9/26/2022 10:07:54 am
I think what they mean by " You can't go against your destiny" or " This is my destiny" is that person was meant to do that thing they are doing. Like if someone is doing a job they love it's destiny in one way or another.
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Cesar Yahuaca
9/26/2022 02:15:43 pm
I think that everything that happens is up by chance. People make decisions and things happen by chance. You could look at whatever do whatever say whatever if you really wanted to. Of course there is an argument to say that it was destiny to make that choice no matter how much debating there was behind that choice. However i think that, that statement is too broad and big to assume. It is essentially a big loophole. I think that some things could be destiny. Things like love and bonds and connections. Different types of people and different types of minds connect better with some more than others. Its just how it works. So someone who is a certain way IF they meet a person that is a certain similar way they are definetly destined to get along for they just connect well with each other personally. Their energy and mannerisms and traits just connect and so a bond is formed and create between them. THAT i believe could be destiny.
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Gabriela Leon
9/27/2022 07:04:12 pm
I believe that everyone has their “destiny” written out for them. Even though I believe that i also believe that our destiny changes . Everyday we make different choices. Weather they are good or bad at the end of the day its our choice. Sometimes our destiny might not always be up to us. I think its like a cause and effect and other people can always change it. At the end of the day i still believe that we all have our own destiny
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Tatiana Velasco
10/2/2022 04:20:42 pm
I think that that we make our own decisions and when we make certain decisions that paves the way for our future.
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Melanie Brown.
10/12/2022 09:57:16 pm
I think that a person has a choice of what happens and makes up their fates. This because everyday we make choices that can affect our fate like the butterfly effect. It all comes down to our choices if they are good or bad. Once we make these certain choices it paves the way of our fate even if you cannot see it what your doing is your paving the way of your future. Sometimes these choices can have dire consequences which can change your fate majorly. To sum, up this what I believe is that the good and bad choice you make controll your destiny but can have consequences to them too.
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Joshua Z.
6/7/2023 11:01:05 am
In my opinion, I believe that it's more decision than fate. While I do believe that fate is real (Place born, time, location, income), I also do believe that you can build your own path. Being locked into one single time line isn't something that I would like to do. I want to branch off into something else completely different than something anyone in my family tree has done. Maybe I'll start a business or something.
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