Is it coincidence?
Is it serendipity?
Is it fate?
Or is it you?
I believe they are all connected - coincidence, serendipity, fate, and you.
"Fate is the hand of cards we've been dealt. Choice is how we play the hand."
I also believe that, beyond those, it's also authenticity and truth.
How you live your most authentic self will bring you to your right destiny.
This applies to me in some cases, but it also applies to YOU.
Fate x People
Let's face it, it isn't the old days anymore when people just came up and talked to each other.
Some people still do that, which is way, way better than just doing everything online.
Why?
Because it's nice to observe the body language, look at reactions, and feel/hear emotions.
It's where you see a part of the truth, not what the internet shows you.
We meet people by chance/fate, but it is up to us if we keep them and care about them. Which of them deserves the effort you put in. But we still need to remember to meet people with kindness because we never know what they are going through.
Fate x Free Will
I also believe in free will and that we can make decisions on our own. We don't have to base it on somebody else's opinion if we know what to do for ourselves and what's best for us. Your choice is how you play the game of life that fate dealt.
For example, you want to do something you've wanted for a long time but someone says it isn't time yet or people need to go through something else before you go for it. Let's say it isn't something impulsive this time because you've had time to think about it.
Who would you listen to? Them or yourself?
Who would benefit—you or them?
Who are you living your life for—yours or theirs?
Do you want to wait and not take the leap just because they think otherwise?
When people say, "Don't do this yet because blah blah blah..."—think and decide if that's what you really want or what they want?
Don't you think it benefits them in some way and not you? I dunno, maybe some hidden agenda, like maybe they want it for themselves? Think about it. All the subliminal messages and implying statements making themselves "smell good" LOL! They want what others are meant to have.
Which of your answers signify your truth and your authenticity?
Is it your fate or their fate that you are playing?
You reap what you sow.
If you sow kindness, you reap a happy fate. It seems to be the same as karma, right?
I've experienced a lot of negative things happen in my life since I was a child, but only as an adult have I realized that things maybe would have been different if we chose a different path or action. Or maybe we are meant to go through those to help us learn and to awaken us.
We come to know people who are good, but there are also others who are good at first but turn sour because they are actually backstabbing you. Yes, I've dealt with that, and it left me depleted, kaput, zero. But as you come to think about it, was it fate that stepped in to test you? To see how you would deal with that certain kind of situation? And maybe, just maybe, if you did not hurt the people who hurt you or take revenge, or stoop down to their level, you reaped kindness and will sow a happy fate in the future?
Coincidence? Serendipity? Destiny? Fate?
Sure, everything we have and experience in life are interconnected.
Things happen which are beyond our control because it's also other people's lives and decisions that change the path you are on, not just you. If you are connected to someone and this someone makes changes in his/her life, it will change some things for you too. Your tree of life has many branches because those can maybe represent all the elements you make in life.
Your choices are your own; it's your life you are living.
If you continue to listen to what others say and not what your heart and mind say, you are not living your most authentic life.
Grow and bestow - water your roots, and then share those gifts with the worthy not the deceitful.
We've been given fate, but it is up to us to reach the destiny we are meant to have. But in between, enjoy the journey because, in that journey, we learn and experience life. Sometimes we think we become selfish because of self-love, but if that self-love comes from an awakening for the good, it isn't something to be guilty about.
I hope I reap what I sow. I hope I did pretty well and passed the tests.
Taking a leap and keeping the faith that life will turn out well soon.
When I turn a page in my book of life, my new destiny awaits.
When one branch falls from my tree of life, it sprouts my serendipity.
I'll be waiting, and I won't give up.
But I'm taking daily action.
I will keep on keepin' on being as true as I can be.
I will continue to be brave and face what's ahead.
See you on the other side,
- Your Digital Pulubi - your Sleepless in Seattle, lol, sleepless in Baguio who's been having period headaches and lack of sleep headache because we have guests at home and I slept upstairs but my nephew was playing online games til 3 am. I'll be sleeping on the sofa tonight and my cousin on the floor mattress lol!