More Spiritual Stuff

I just finished answering a question at one of the message boards at iVillage and decided I wanted to share my thoughts with the world. (Well at least with the few people who decide to read my blog LOL)

The question asked was about free will vs. destiny and how we feel about that. This was my reply-

For me, I believe Life is a journey, not a destination and that we have a choice in everything we do. THAT is our free will. Those choices are not given to us BY anyone, they are a product of the world around us. We both act and react and both are choices. I do believe that there is a thing called Kismet or Fate, which is a force that sometimes comes into play in our lives. Its not a God or goddess that we can pray to and he or she will change the outcome for us. Its more of a collective energy generated by all the spirits in nature and in people. Being in the right place at the right time is a group thing, everyone making a certain choice at a certain time. I often don't worry about somethings as much because I know, "If it is meant to be it will be". So while we can make our own choices, we can't control the choices of others, therefore can't control the outcome and I don't believe a higher power does either. We are not chess pieces. We are all of us, the ying and the yang of each other. The balance is the outcome and our destiny.

Now the choice is yours to reply or not. Will it effect the outcome of either of our lives? Who is to say? Its all about the journey any way. Isn't it?