Destiny or Chance?

Do you believe in Destiny? Can a single decision set you on the path you were always intended to be on? Or do you set foot on that path by pure chance or luck? Can a single kiss lead to love or a glance across a room become a lifetime of devotion? Can a seemingly random meeting open a cornucopia of opportunity, all because it was destined to be? Does something set that in motion, some living, compassionate force, or do we make our own destinies based on a spectrum of possibilities?

And what about the bad side of things? Is bad luck just bad luck, landing on our heads like a gesture from the Great Cosmic Seagull? Is it designed to teach us something, lead us to something better, in this life or another?

Destiny is defined as: The inevitable or necessary fate to which a particular person or thing is destined; one's lot. Is that lot set in stone, never to be veered from or do we have some control over it? Are there opportunities given we merely need to be receptive to in order to realize them?

Are we destined ever to know the answer?

Perhaps destiny is a path meant for us to discover. Sometimes we miss it, overlook it, choose another destiny option, like hitting a button on the remote. Sometimes we settle on one because we can’t wait for the true opportunity to open up or need to learn from a number of wrong destinies to be ready for the right one.

Sometimes perhaps people fail to see it entirely and end up missing out. Sometimes something or someone gets in the way and prevents you from embracing it, temporarily or permanently.

So is Destiny a Rubik’s Cube or a will-‘o-the-wisp? Who can know for sure? If you believe you have found the right destiny, grab it, don’t let it slip away. Give that destiny everything you have.

If it’s all just chance anyway, what have you got to lose?

My name is Chloe Everson…and I kick demon ass…
THE CHLOE FILES by Howard Hopkins
In the tradition of Sookie Stackhouse and Buffy, The Vampire Slayer…
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