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Is destiny a matter of chance? or a matter of choice?



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 (I’m not a guru, I'm not an expert but here is my "question" to the following question...)

 QUESTION
"Is destiny a matter of chance? or a matter of choice?" 
(Thanks Ludee for the idea!)

  ANSWERED WITH A QUESTION 
(will answer after comments :)

When I was 1st year in college, it was our vacation then, I told Mommy that I would like to work. I said that aloud, “I would like to work, but I’ll not look for work, I’ll let work come to me!”

She reminded me that for me to be able to fulfill my goal, I needed to do something about it!. I said, persistently, “No, I want to work, but I’ll let work find me!”.

She let me be.

The next day, my cousin came, looking for me, why? her mom, a bank manager, was looking for someone to help her do some income tax filing.

I told mommy, “See, work found me!” I took the summer job.

Now, tell me what was my destiny here? Was it a matter of chance or a matter of choice?

Destiny is a matter of chance... Even if we DON'T do anything if IT IS for us then IT will happen no matter what? Agree? 

Or is it 

Destiny is a matter of choice... We control by our thinking what will happen in the future, we unconsciously control unforeseen events by our thinking? Yes? 

I'll wait for your answers! :)) 
(...at the comments portion below, thanks!)


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  1. shalomidomJanuary 20, 2012 at 9:57 PM

    it's a combination of both it is not a thing to be awaited for it is a thing to be achieve , you said you waited for the job to come what if you don't like the job then you will have to choose to do it or not . Everything is a choice and a chance if a chance or opportunity comes and you are prepared for it then you make that decision, that is destiny but if you are not yet prepared and you don't like the chance that comes along then you will make that choice to let it go .

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2012 at 10:42 PM

    Well for me there are chances or let me say opportunities that will come our way but it is still a matter of choice to grab such chances. Your choice to grab those opportunities will decide your destiny. - adelyn

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  3. Len LambertJanuary 21, 2012 at 1:51 AM

    There are things that are out of our control but we make the choices. :)

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2012 at 8:32 AM

    Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice... It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.- grace

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2012 at 9:04 AM

    choice yan... :) - lyn

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2012 at 9:04 AM

    ‎"CHOICE!" - sandra

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2012 at 9:26 AM

    were rational beings kaya we can decide for whatever destiny we wished to achieve... opinion lang -sandra

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  8. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2012 at 5:34 PM

    our destiny is dependent on what GOD'S PLAN & WILL for us! HE... alone decides...... - tita emy

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2012 at 5:36 PM

    I don't think everybody will agree that what happens in our future is of our own doing. That theory is still very difficult to grasp, especially if it's out of our hands. Take for example my son's condition. I wouldn't, for the life of me, be able to understand that what happened was of my own imaginings in the past. There are a lot of things that happen out of our control. The only thing that we can do is make the most of what we've got. We will never know what The Universe or God will throw us. All we can do is make the choice to be happy no matter what and visualize the BEST for us. I think that being positive in life, seeing the GOOD in everything and everybody helps a lot. - len

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  10. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2012 at 5:37 PM

    destiny is neither a matter of choice nor is it of chance.. for we have no control over it... but if you ask me nothing in life is ever certain except death and we all know for sure that death is going to come no matter what.... - chris

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  11. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2012 at 3:59 AM

    chance comes first... then make a choice to make it happen. chance paves the way and make a choice of which way in life you will walk.... but always pray for HIS guidance.

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  12. wellatotJanuary 22, 2012 at 6:30 AM

    i believe that to have a better life, you have to work for it but i can't explain those people who are working their butts off but are still starving. i don't believe in juan tamads just waiting for the food to drop, anyway, God will provide, right? Nah, even the birds look for worms in order to feed. what i believe is we have to be good servants, make to the fullest what we are given. destiny or choice? it can be either. it can be combination of both. it can be neither. it's kinda complicated.

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  13. jemerJanuary 22, 2012 at 1:43 PM

    “Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
    Watch your words, for they become actions.
    Watch your actions, for they become habits.
    Watch your habits, for they become character.
    Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny."

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  14. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2012 at 1:52 PM

    Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice... It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. - grace

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  15. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2012 at 1:55 PM

    exactly Imelda- their is really no certainty what will be of us tomarrow... we dont even know the point and time of our death, so thats what i mean choice we take or chance we still dont know our out come.... you can take a choice but is it the wrong choice or the right choice? we can go by chance but then its like your waiting around for something.. i just give my will to our almighty father in heaven give up self will for my life and strength is in his hands choice and chance is the way the world thinks but not of God's people....just live for today and worry about tomarrow when it gets here.. for yesterday is gone and tomarrow doesn't even exist yet...its just like a beutiful woman her beauty on the outside is only that of a delussion but what is inside of her makes it a reality.... if the heart is as equal to the beauty outside then she is a perfect woman....so there for life itself can be like a perfect woman...dont worry about chance or choice just live and accept all things for what it is.. - chris

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  16. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2012 at 1:57 PM

    HAVE YOU been having a buhhdah set back...or something hehehe; been reading to many of those chinese fortune cookies? - chris

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  17. AnonymousJanuary 24, 2012 at 5:15 AM

    We control our destiny but we also need to make choices in life in order to get there.

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