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Originally Posted by Despanan
I dunno, most likely this is just me ascribing a pattern to what's been working out in my life lately. Humans are like that, and I think I'm especially prone to it because I'm a writer. However that doesn't stop it from feelingspiritual.
You get me?
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Ernest Hemingway may have been an ass, but he happens to be the source of a quote that stays with me:
"You make your own luck."
I believe that clarity of purpose provides a person with the ability to recognize and build upon the opportunities available to them.
As it happens, I'm a writer myself. My best work comes about not when I wait for inspiration to strike, but when I go after it with a big stick. The trick to writing, as in life, is to be proactive. It seems that once you discovered this, things took off for you.
I think this may be the basis for believing in the ability to affect one's fate. While life is by definition random, simply trying to impose order on the chaos allows you to create a path to achieving your goals.
I define this as self-determination without dependence upon the spiritual. For me, the spiritual is something else entirely and not a requirement to achieving what you want in life.
- Heretic