Fate or Something Like It

My cousin Joelle Gairdner and I were recently talking about fate, the people you meet along the way and the outcomes of the decisions you make. She told me that she believed that you eventually end up where you are suppose to be at any given point in your life. However, how you get there whether the scenic route or by highway was based on your decisions.

I told her that you were meant to meet every person in your life, no matter how little or big a difference they made. Every person you run into will have an influence somehow and will alter your view of the world. And each person will help you to understand just what makes the world tick.

We started this conversation based on the movie "Sliding Doors" (I learned that you put quotations around a movie from a fellow blogger. I should have learned it in journalism school, but that was so long ago and I'm no longer in that profession). In it Gweneth Paltrow's character missed a sliding door and her world was changed. They showed both alternatives, the one where she makes the subway ride and the one where she missed it. Confused? I am. Anyway, she eventually ended up with the love of her life and happily ever after. It just took longer.

I do believe that fate has already mapped out your life. It just depends on which routes you take to get there.