Destiny is an amusing thing. As I do not believe in religion, which is used as a controlling factor to destiny, I don't buy into it the same way folks who do believe in it will. We are birthed into the world with certain abilities, a genetic code. Some people take this to mean we come to this world with a destiny. This makes us capable of various tasks but can also set limits upon us. Most people, however, do not use their genetic potentials to their maximums in even any one area and often sell themselves short or listen to others who sell them short for them. We often cancel ourselves out or something can even happen in life that cripples us physically or mentally. We are stuck with what we are given to work with, but we can take this body and mind and develop them as we will, despite many obstacles. Some people are led to believe they are destined for greatness or trouble by the words of others, whether written or spoken. In the end, I believe that someone can write out your future for you, set you on a path but -only- if you actually choose it OR the people and environment around you forces your hand to decide in the end that the choice is the better one versus others that are available. In the end, the person whose destiny is laid before him or her at some point mentally acknowledges that he or she is going to accept the decision of something else, whether through brainwashing or because it's just the better, easier fate to him or her. i.e. Your father wants you to become a librarian instead of following in his footsteps as a blacksmith. The role in the town is considered more prestigious and he wants the family to move up from being poor. He raises you to read what books he can scavenge, doesn't really teach you his trade and refuses to allow you to apprentice for things you could be interested in and take a short cut. You were smart and intuitive as a child and he's decided you will be used in this fashion as maybe it's good for you but also the family line. Maybe you love reading and memorizing books etc and you feel it's not such a bad thing. Maybe he even tells you that it is your destiny because you are smarter than other members of your family and there has to be a reason. So, you either get to like this plan since your dad is controlling you to do it anyway, or you decide to go against your family's wishes and bring shame to them and get royal beatings, or you decide to flee and make it to another town with little of anything because your family controls what you own. If you don't mind the job your father seeks to get you into, you will make things happen as he does, talking to the right people, making impressions on those he gets or you encounter. You'll do it and fulfill your dad's dream destiny. If you don't like it, if you let your father's will go over your own and fear repercussions etc, you'll do it anyway and be unhappy but hope to grow into liking it more, despite the fact you really wanted to be a doctor and he just won't hear it. If you do anything else, you risk hardship but you may feel that you have not had your will broken since you are against the idea of this pre-made destiny. If when you grow far older and decide down the line to become a librarian after having been a doctor for years because it is an easier job and age makes you worried you could hurt someone because the surgical hands aren't as gifted now.. well, this is your choice to do. Some people may feel it caters to destiny, but I would not. It's a feasible choice made by the person with what's going on about him or her. Predictions made by 'wise' people are another form of destiny people put stock into. Some predictions are grand things such as an apocalyptic type event or some great occurrence that benefits mankind of an area. Detectives and soldiers, police and doctors etc all make predictions as to whether something can happen or not often in the short term. Soldiers try to predict their enemies on the battlefield. Police and detectives try to get a prediction on what a serial killer might do, doctors predict if a person has a chance of survival or not or when a baby will be born. Even games like football have great strategies to them based on chance and predictions. When we play board games such as chess or Risk, we attempt to predict our foes and what course of action they may do based on who they are and what we know of them, and what may be a smart move versus a poor move to us. Poker players make predictions in a similar manner and attempt to resolve whether someone is bluffing or if he/she actually has a hand that you should not attempt to toss money against into the pot. Those examples of immediate guessing are based off what we can perceive with our five senses and it can all be rationalized. Sometimes we are correct and sometimes we lose by under or over estimating. Of course, the destiny can come into play if we toss in elements that limit a person's choices. The strategies one employs against someone else, the act itself cuts down opponent's choices and if you are really good at predictions, most of the time you already know what options they have to choose that are left. Opponents, however can be quite witty and may think of something you did not, which can cancel out this prediction destiny you've set up for them, or they can go a way predicted and another outcome can happen at the right moment that he or she takes advantage of. With grand predictions, all someone is doing to me is he or she is studying mankind in general, on a large scale. Also, the environment around is a factor. The opponents in the poker game are nature and certain humanity aspects such as jealousy, greed, love, compassion, hatreds, self-absorbed people that don't pay attention, etc. I think in our own ways, we all have probably sat and thought 'where is this world going to?' and we can make some accurate predictions. Some people, however, feel -very- drawn to making declarations which becomes an arrogant thing to me. Sometimes, however, these declarations are what we need to see the greater picture and to make change happen because otherwise the vast majority of us might ignore claims that the ice caps are melting, or that factories are polluting rivers and lakes, or that Aids is spreading rampant through Africa, etc. Sometimes these declarations get us to move our asses, even if some are hogwash, because perhaps there is something to take notice of that will keep us around longer. If anyone actually read this whole thing, I realize I kind of just rambled on in thought but in the end I simply believe that as a life form on the world, and a sentient one at that, we have many choices available to us. Sometimes other humans or the environment around us can make things difficult to make things happen that we want, or even impossible, or sometimes we can limit ourselves and just give up. We most likely will not see all of our goals come to fruition and that's just reality. Some people really do make it their life's work to try to control others and others let them because it's not beneficial to go against them for some reason or other, but it's all very tangible and comprehensible. It's important to me that despite all odds out there, we know that we make the choices in the end whether to be compliant with what others want, push ourselves to do what we want or we can even choose to go a different route. It's this choice we have that makes me not a believer of destiny which is held above us in some celestial god-like manner and that we humans are often our own worst enemy.
No it's not. That was -my- sacred space!
Where did you even get a computer!? Those things are super expensive.
I so should have got that look then. Hell, I did it often enough myself when she spoke.
I am invading your sacred space.
You need to go to the code vault for this question as this is the wrong area for this. I'm not sure if they have it or not but check there.
Yeah, the game looks good but it seems that we're all going to get screwed out of it unless we are in Japan. Not that my crappy cell phone could handle it anyway. Maybe I'll buy a Japanese phone and see if that works.
See you later, Kitty and have a great journey with snoring vikings.
and now we know why.
There are different types of love but I'm assuming it's the one about having a significant other and if you know you truly love that person or not. Maturity mentally really is the telltale thing to determining if you actually love someone or if it's a passing craze, attraction and simply hormones. I cannot and would not really apply a specific 'age' because different people mature at different rates. I know people in their 30s that still think that obsession = love and that tv just has all the answers with their stupid reality shows. I have some friends in their 20s, as I am, and they just bounce around between relationships and will say they 'love' someone but don't really mean it. And yet I've known some 18 year olds that were pretty tight on what it means to actually feel love and not just raging emotions of passion. I figure when you realize the following things, regardless of what age you are, you know that you love someone. - You know the other person cares about you equally so it's not one-sided. - You are attracted to the person, but the body is not the only reason why. - You respect the other person and their opinion really matters to you. If you disagree, you both just agree to disagree but you heard one another out first. - You don't try to change the person and let him/her change to be better on his/her own mostly and you care and improve yourself some as well. It just happens naturally because you have respect for the other person and compassion. - You assist the other person and that person assists you and you are the person's close -friend- and not just a lover. - You aren't 'fanatic' about having to hang all over the other person all the time and know what they are up to. - You trust the other person and that person trusts you. Those things to me are important telltale signs of 'love' being love and not just infatuation and not just desperation to make something happen out of potentially nothing. I think some people learn earlier than others do because as I said earlier, I know adults that just don't get it.
I do that for 4 hours around each day. Too much to do, too little time. But fine, you raise a good point. xD
Wonder what Wolf Blitzer was looking at there.
Probably because of the ADHD response of 'oh well' moving on xD. That scared me when I first saw that. I sound nothing like Sora!
Sounds cool though I can't imagine sitting through 40 some minutes lol.
I was all 'wtf' at first with seeing that avatar and then Gatz's name. Just looks so wrong xD
Loved that movie. And as for the pie.. this is why you get a dog or know one around the area you can toss food to.
Poor dad. :( Ah well, life goes on!
If you're going to become true dodgeballers, then you've got to learn the five d's of dodgeball: dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge! Darn Yuna lol. Beat me to it.
Yeah, just do them for those who enjoy them. But I want moar newz.
Maybe, but it'll take me forever too. lol
