Fate

The Angel asked God "What will the age of this person be? What are his or her deeds? (Will they be good or bad?) What will you bless this child with? And will he or she lead a happy or unfortunate life?" God replied asking the Angel to go to a place called Luh al-Mahfuz where everything have been written down even before creation. So the Angel went there and wrote everything down to the tiniest detail about this human. And everything was already predestined from the start for the unborn innocent child.

Big Brother and me 

Everything is Fated. What we do, did, rejoiced, regretted. The bad choices. The misunderstandings. The dilemma and then the crying. A question was raised since a long time ago. Why bother even trying since everything have been predestined? Just let things be. It will bring you straight to your natural course. The paradox about this statement is if you do not do anything or much, you most likely amount to little or nothing. Thus, the irony is that it could be Fated you were going to do nothing and amount to nothing. Things, realistically speaking, requires effort or it will not move. Like in Physics, Newton's First Law of Motion. Only once it moves, fate will determine it's course. That is why people put in effort, they persevere. They do not know what is the end, thus they keep trying newer things and break into the unknown. They MAKE history. Another positive input about this is that the uncertainty in the future makes life so much more enjoyable. It makes it exciting. Because routines do get boring and so is doing "nothing". There is this quote from the story Katekyo Hitman Reborn from a mother, "I want you to work hard so that you have something to be happy and live for"
Small and insightful, this message. :')

The future is bright :) (Austin hills)

When we are young, our future is very uncertain. We say the future is so "bright". Millions and millions of possibilities on what can be and who we can be. When we are very young, our rational decisions are governed by what occurs in our immediate presence and the present and rarely is it so future-oriented. But when we mature, our horizons are enlarged. The world just becomes larger and tremendous.Some early decisions do play a large part in our life path, for example if we would develop an education-oriented mindset, or a more unstable yet independent real life mindset. Then when we get older, the choices seem to narrow for most for they came to the conclusion that "this is their life". Office hours, go home alone or to their families and they ask themselves, "Now, what should I do?" Some retirees, housewives or househusbands think, "Now what should I do?" So much time given for unfruitful, unsatisfying routines. They came to a conclusion that this is their life. They do not have the energy of the youth to kickstart and keep that light of possibilities in front of them. The future becomes dimmer. All they wait is for the end. Fate. This cycle, people say is all Fate. Yes, in part it is, in my opinion. But Fate also means looking at the finer things in this cycle. The job, family. The state of being. The past. The small things that add up to that point because everything have been planned to BUILD UP to that point.

Wal A'sr (Demi Masa) (Saudi Arabia)

Wallah hu khoirulmaakirin. And Allah is the Best of Planners. Take a moment to think. Separate from the crowd, in your room or at the park and breathe... And think. Thinking about the past, present and future keeps you motivated. It makes you grateful. It makes you "thought"ful of other people, yourself and the world. We reflect our past; the mistakes, the incidents, the joy and the friends. Laugh a little at the memories. We actually learn something from each of these experiences. For example, a great work environment starts when there are equals at the start of your work journey, so there are competition, friends and someone you can relate to in every work situation. I mentioned once before about the tiny influences, even if a little, of the things around us. The books we read, the films we saw or the people we hang out with. They affect us. But we are all rational people; we can think. What did we learn from them? Was that good for us? {Knowing what is good and right is debatable by itself because we cannot DEFINE what is good or bad. What is the benchmark? Who said it is good? Who said stealing is bad? Atheists will say the benchmark of good is when you feel good or you make others feel good with that action and not sad, angry or disappointed. If it FEELS good, it is good. Then non-atheists will counter what makes us feel that it is good? Our humanity? God?} And finally, from the past, we will finally think, why did this happen?
Then, we think of the present. Where we are now. What we are doing. Think about the people we know and the people in our life. Our family. The people I need. The good ones that have guided you. The bad ones who have corrupted or demoralized you. Then we think what we can do for them. I want to meet them. I miss them, want to thank them for they have taught me so much. So much about life and happiness.
Then we think about the future. You want to be successful because of them or upon thinking harder you want to be successful for God for wanting you to learn all these and be successful. Make them proud. Then they not only acknowledge you, you acknowledge them saying "I am here because of you".

There are a lot of questions, and some "answers" are not answers but merely assumptions and thoughts because everyone's answer is or most likely is different. But one thing is for certain, for all the things that have happened and all the minor things you felt you have learnt from your experiences, high or low, everything have been planned out, amazingly. Things are as it is and I hope you find this as comforting as I did because you are there just because you are meant to be there. So learn something. There is something to be learnt where you are now. It is Fate.

People who think, in my opinion, may not be smart, but they are wise, more rational and tactful. People who believe in a Higher Authority, they are more calm, contented and flexible in the difficulties they face. Recently I watched a classic Korean drama, Winter Sonata, which have many valuable quotes, a heartwarming symbolism and a storyline that hitched a large part on Fate. I am really humoured by the fact the two lovers somehow HAD to be with each other. The stars are really aligned for them from the start. I wish my life is like that. Drawn to someone from the start but not really finding her, but when I realise and do find her, it is after so many incidents worthy of a drama. Hahaha. Unlikely. But then, it have not happened. What is fate? Until next time when time permits...
Wan