Do you know, for the first time I'm actually glad that I missed this, because I would have been waiting for the personal post and it would have taken some of the fireworks out of it...maybe I was destined to miss this post hahaha!
Actually, the past several days have been tough to be on as much, first going to the hospital to be with dad (or mostly to keep mom company) then he came home so I've been there a lot. I did just finally figure out that there's a phone app I can use though! lol! Of course I share a phone with Howie so that might not always help.
Anyway, sorry, talking about myself here, jeeze. Glad I didn't do that on the Big News post!
I also go back and forth on the whole predestined thing. I think maybe some of the bigger things in life are predestined, but not all the small stuff? Maybe certain events are meant to happen, but the road to get there can differ?
I tend to believe in the power of will and intent, which might clash with the idea of predestiny. But I have noticed, particularly lately, that when I set my intent on something it seems to materialize. For instance, after the first week of being on steemit I set my intent on making dolphin status by spring, getting a book published by spring (I did tell you about that right? I'll discuss that more in chat if I haven't already) and having my own car by spring. (I'm always stuck driving the work trucks which are terrible on gas and I just prefer a smaller vehicle.) Well it could be argued that all of these things would come to pass because I worked for them to, however the car thing...seemed like it was going to be a bust. I hadn't managed to save the money I needed to buy it and summer for us is generally a less profitable time (and I'm not touching my steemit money because I want that to pay off my house if possible)
Then shortly before my birthday my brother shows up. He has this big grin on his face and says, "Come outside with me" I follow him, and there is his toyota corolla with a bright red bow on it! He just so happened to decide this was the time for a brand new car for himself, and instead of selling his he gave it to me. He knew I loved that car, it's compact and excellent on gas, plus it's a toyota which are notorious for being well made and not breaking down easily. It's also white which makes it inconspicious and not a cop magnet which I prefer. So, point being, while the first two things I set my intent on did come about because I worked at them, the odds were against the car and yet my intent came to pass anyway.