I think Erin suggested this one.\u00a0 It’s not a term I use often, but its definition is simple enough, “fate or destiny.”\u00a0 This is where things get interesting for me.\u00a0 I will say I don’t believe in fate or destiny, but I do believe things happen for a reason when they are supposed to happen.\u00a0 When I put it that way, it sounds like fate or destiny, doesn’t it?<\/p>\n
When fate or destiny is used, it sounds to me like we have absolutely no say in the outcome of an event or situation, and I’ve never quite “gotten” the whole predestination thing.\u00a0 If everything is predetermined, then it doesn’t matter what we do, so why would we attempt to do the right thing?<\/p>\n
On the other hand, if things happen for a reason, it still sounds to me like we may be able to affect an outcome.\u00a0 The challenge, of course, is whether our actions or inactions will produce the results we think they will.\u00a0 No matter how we try to develop formulas for what works in life, we always seem to fall short.<\/p>\n
So, maybe it is kismet — or even karma.\u00a0 I just happen to like to say, “in spite of my best efforts, it seems like things happen when they’re supposed to happen and not a moment before then.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I think Erin suggested this one.\u00a0 It’s not a term I use often, but its definition is simple enough, “fate or destiny.”\u00a0 This is where things get interesting for me.\u00a0 I will say I don’t believe in fate or destiny, but I do believe things happen for a reason when …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-z-challenge"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}