Fate or Master of Our Own Destinies?
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Fate or Master of Our Own Destinies?
| Sat, 09-02-2006 - 1:04pm |
Do you believe in things being meant to be and relationships that are supposed to happen will no matter what? Or do you believe that we are the masters of our own destinies and that we can make a relationship work despite fate?
Curious to see what everyone thinks and why!


I believe in a combination. I think it's incumbent on each person to optimize their chances of it happening, if a healthy relationship is something that person wants, but that there is a certain element of fate or chance involved as well.
There are too many people out there (myself included) who do all the right things, make lots of effort, etc, and still don't have a relationship that's right for them. So if effort were all it took, we'd all have those relationships. So to me that makes it clear that there is that elusive element of chance at work, also.
Sheri
I think we have a lot more control over a lot of the mundane things in life than think we do. Of course, no one can control another person, and we certainly don't control life and death. But I think being satisfied in a relationship is more of a choice than pure fate. It's WHO you choose.