Desires, Ambitions, Potential, Purpose, Luck, Destiny
Does anyone feel weighed down by these words? I used to.But not anymore.
I used to think about the reasons of anyone’s existence or what is the purpose of life.What are ambitions for?What is my potential? Is everything destined?
Conflict is the essence of the self.I’ve decided to shut down this conflicting voice within myself which talks about the factors like Luck, Fate or Destiny.I think fate is a self-made web that we entangle ourselves in, probably to justify the events of our life.It’s just an answer to the question ‘Why me?’ But now I’d answer it with ‘Why not?’. I’d ask myself to look at the decisions which I took and will try to see the role they played in getting me to the situation I’m in.
“There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be…”
~ John Lennon, in “All you need is love”
I’m sorry Mr. Lennon, I disagree. Or maybe I’d like to interpret the lyrics in a different context now.
I feel all this talk of fate and believing in it blindly in a way shows that the person wants to avoid his responsibilities. A strong person will brave every storm of the destiny, come what may, to achieve his goals! He’ll not (and should not) merely accept what destiny has to offer him. He’ll fight for what he wants for himself.
Men are not prisoners of Fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
~Franklin Roosevelt
There goes a saying –
“Shallow men believe in luck, strong men believe in cause and effect.”
This holds very true of people who believe in themselves and in the values of hard work and perseverance. Just because you didn’t get something or couldn’t achieve your cherished goal, even after a lot of hard work and perseverance you shouldn’t settle for something inferior, and most importantly do not blame it on external factors like fate or destiny. Just take a step back, analyze what went wrong and try again.
And this is the thought process which I’ll follow from now on.
“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”
― Gautama Buddha
Great John Lennon quote!
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Lennon-McCartney! They were the Best.Wrote so many simple yet deep and meaningful lyrics. 🙂
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I really like the way you had put down your thoughts especially those quotes in between.
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Thank you so much 🙂
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Nice
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I have always interpreted the Lennon song quote as you. You are meant to BE in every moment so that God can experience life through you and your reactions, decisions, choices etc can help form an even better world. Each moment of existence is an opportunity for the Great Observer and our human connection to that source. If a tree falls and no one is around, does it make a sound? Our perception affects the quantum field. Your photography is the reason you are in those moments, to observe and choose. So yes each moment we are right where we should be.
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Well put in words. Thank you so much for reading and sharing this. 🙂
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