Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Destiny?

"听天由命","人的命,天注定.命运不可改变","谋事在人,成事在天". These are some of the old sayings of Chinese. The English equivalent is "fate" and "destiny".

Is it true that we are fated to be in some destiny that is beyond our control? If it is yes then may I ask who know what is their destiny in advance? If nobody knows then how would you know that is the destiny? 

The result is there to be seen but how would you know that it is the destiny and not something else? If I toss a coin and it end up as head. Is that destiny or chance? I could always says it is chance right? can you prove that it is destiny instead?

Actually "fate and destiny" is just an excuse used to comfort people or themselves when thing does not go their way. It is a negative thinking that should not be used. 

You worked hard towards a result. What ever result that comes out is the product of your hard work. Success or not is not important. The important part is that you should put your best effort into doing it. Obviously you would want it to be successful but there are just too many variables that may not be within your knowledge and control. Chinese saying "胜败乃兵家常事". 

We may try but we may not succeed. If we have not tried, then we will never succeed. The "destiny" is in our control. Abraham Lincoln has quite a number of failures. He did succeed at least once - become president of USA.



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