The myth that is Destiny

I'm sure you've heard of it. The idea that life is somehow predestined, an order of events that have been set and all you have to do is read the signs. Ah, Destiny and her manipulative mind. Whether you want to call it fate or destiny to explain life, I think you have been cheated.

I'm very sure you've heard this, "What is meant to be, will be."

Now, I'm beginning to think that the ancients created the myth that is Destiny to explain the unexplainable. But what is so unexplainable about it? If you do A, then B will happen. Depending on Destiny's whim is just plain lazy.

Of course, I was a sucker for these kind of things when I was younger, and the world was one cosmic question mark. My best friend and I would interpret everything as a sign - the time, a song, an event. We would spend hours dissecting these signs and in the end, come up with a conclusion that usually eases our minds.

In a stupid attempt at figuring out how someone feels about me, I would randomly select a station and the song that my fingers magically tuned would be my answer. Okay, alright, not a very great example but you get my drift.

There are so many other ongoing factors that undermines Destiny. No matter how much you push someone to be with you, or push for a certain job, we use this bullshit system to make ourselves sleep better at night - telling our tired minds that it is simply not meant to be.

Instead of facing our shortcomings or the others, we use Destiny as a scapegoat. Maybe the real reason is that, the other person is just not willing to try hard enough to be with you or even when putting in massive hours into a job, maybe your skills are lacking.

We create what happens in our life. Whether we complicate it, which we usually tend to do, or go with the flow of things, it is what we do that determines the course of life.

So yes, I may sound like a cynic by giving Destiny the middle finger. But I'm just tired of waiting for things to happen, when I know (without Destiny's help) that it is a hopeless case to begin with.