Do you believe in predestination? I don’t want to, but I keep coming back to the subject and mulling it over.
\nI was getting a haircut today, and Kristin was talking about this. She believes that you are put on earth for a purpose, that we have something to learn from the situations we find ourselves in. It rather reminded me of the “Quantum Leap” series on TV.
\nI asked her if she believed that we had any control over the direction of our lives, and she said yes. She felt that it was possible for us to take the easy path and learn our lesson pleasantly, or we could fight it, and learn the lesson the hard way.
\nI don’t know if I agree with her that we are here to learn something, but I do believe that we choose the direction of our lives. Our environments have a huge affect on our choices, but we can still choose the paths we take. If you are in an abusive relationship, you can<\/b> walk away. If you have been raised in a ghetto, you can<\/b> choose to study and find a better way of life. It’s harder to walk away from those you love, but if the situation is harmful to you, you can<\/b> walk away.
\nMost of us tend to fear the devil we don’t know, more than the devil we do know. We’re slow to make changes because we could make things even worse. “Out of the fat, and into the fire.” How many of us worry that we will make a bad choice? Sometimes those choices remind us of the story about “The Lady or the Tiger.”
\nDH seems to make the right choice at the right time. We built a home, and it’s been threatened again and again with disastrous situations. The farm across the street was zoned for light industry, and they could have built an asphalt plant there. The Illinois Dept. of Transportation wanted to put a freeway through here just after we built. Then, the people who owned the land 500 yards away wanted to build a drug and alcohol rehab unit.
\nThe truth is….the farm across the street was purchased by the forest preserve, the freeway idea was dropped due to the cost of purchasing the land, and the rehab center was dropped when the entire neighborhood came together to protest. Each time, I worried myself sick….and each time he told me not to worry.
\nDH began as a construction laborer, and now he owns his own business. On the surface, it looks as though his childhood didn’t contribute anything to this success, but perhaps it gave him the resiliancy and self-reliance to accomplish all this. Or, perhaps he was intended to be successful, despite his surroundings.
\nDespite his success, I know he’d rather be sailing the seven seas.
\nAre you on the path of your choice? If not, what’s keeping you from it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Do you believe in predestination? I don’t want to, but I keep coming back to the subject and mulling it over. I was getting a haircut today, and Kristin was talking about this. She believes that you are put on … Continue reading