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hylian_courage

Song 3 :==audio==

Jan 12, 2009 12:19

Do you believe in destiny? I'm told that I'm destined to do a lot of things, but I wonder if it's true.

If it's true that I can't go home... then...

fate, hero of time, i am error, uncertainty

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[Text] justcallmeprez January 12 2009, 03:59:20 UTC

Life is too full of coincidences and chance meetings for there to be no such thing as "destiny."

...I wouldn't call being stuck here destiny, though.

[Text] hylian_courage January 12 2009, 04:02:35 UTC

I can see how that might be true... this place doesn't really follow the "rules"...

[Text] justcallmeprez January 12 2009, 04:05:01 UTC

This place makes its own rules, all of them strange.

[Text] hylian_courage January 12 2009, 04:09:03 UTC

Yes. I'd think giant bees would try to kill you.

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teethofneedles January 12 2009, 04:00:26 UTC

You make your own destiny, kid.

hylian_courage January 12 2009, 04:03:04 UTC

That's what people are telling me.

[Text] screwsparkles January 12 2009, 04:12:09 UTC

I honestly can't say if I believe in destiny or not. At some points in my life, I have, then things happened that make me doubt it and then more things happened that made me believe again...

...It kind of goes back and forth like that.

[Text] hylian_courage January 12 2009, 04:37:37 UTC

I know exactly how you feel. But, what I do, what I'm meant to do, what I'm told I have to do... they're supposed to be part of my destiny, so...

ttlynotawizard January 12 2009, 05:51:08 UTC

It's like it's philosophy day on the ship, you know?

If there were such a thing as destiny, there'd be no reason to even try. Things would just work out.

I believe that everyone has a role to play in life, but where that role takes you is dependent on your actions, not anything preordained.

hylian_courage January 12 2009, 05:54:08 UTC

Well - this question is just important to me, is all. I was worrying about it.

You're saying those roles aren't preordained, right?

ttlynotawizard January 12 2009, 05:59:36 UTC

Well now that's a curious question. If you can't consider the ends to be fate, can you consider the means to get to that end preordained? I'm not sure you could. I think...I think everyone arrives at their roles because of who they are. Now what shapes you as a person could be a lot of things. Either what family you were born into, how you were raised, things you've experienced or some strange higher power that someone puts their faith into. That question, what makes you as a person, is something I can't answer.

hylian_courage January 12 2009, 06:02:13 UTC

You couldn't. Fate, destiny, it's all got to do with whether we're in control of ourselves or not... I can't accept some sort of half-and-half compromise that people sometimes make when they can't make up their minds.

...I suppose... that I could agree with you, on the other topic. Of your situation determining your role, maybe...

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not_a_rock January 12 2009, 06:04:20 UTC

The gods have roles for some of us to play, but it is up to us to fill them.

hylian_courage January 12 2009, 06:05:46 UTC

There was a time when I would agree... not I'm not so sure, but I can still relate to that.

not_a_rock January 13 2009, 04:00:10 UTC

Did something change your mind?

You simply may not be able to see the full pattern yet.

hylian_courage January 13 2009, 04:40:11 UTC

Mmmm... maybe. I'm just not sure exactly what to think.

You sound like it's an important thing to you, though?

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