Fate, does it dictate our lives.

I’ve just okayed an article which took me on a short journey down memory lane. The mentioned article, and what I’m writing in book 3 at present, had me pondering at how fate grabbed us with both hands and led us to where we are today. The idea, that what happens to a person one day, may dictate the course of something in the future is something we have repeatedly experienced. Often that future date may be many years away but whatever happened, fate’s role felt like it was creating a ripple effect.

From Wikipedia: www.en.wikipedia.org
The Moirae, Moerae or Moirai (often called The Fates), in Greek mythology, were the white-robed incarnations of destiny (Roman equivalent: Parcae, euphemistically the “sparing ones”, or Fata; also equivalent to the Germanic Norns). Their number became fixed at three.

The Greek word moira literally means a part or portion, and by extension one’s portion in life or destiny. They controlled the metaphorical thread of life of every mortal from birth to death.

“Atropos was the oldest of the Three Fates, and was known as the “inflexible” or “inevitable.” It was Atropos who chose the mechanism of death and ended the life of each mortal by cutting their thread with her “abhorred shears.” She worked along with her two sisters, Clotho, who spun the thread, and Lachesis, who measured the length.”

Clotho – “spinner” spun the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle. Her Roman equivalent was Nona, (the ‘Ninth’), who was originally a goddess called upon in the ninth month of pregnancy.
Lachesis – “allotter” or drawer of lots) measured the thread of life allotted to each person with her measuring rod. Her Roman equivalent was Decima (the ‘Tenth’).
Atropos – “inexorable” or “inevitable”, literally “unturning”, sometimes called Aisa was the cutter of the thread of life. She chose the manner of each person’s death; and when their time was come, she cut their life-thread with “her abhorred shears”.

The Triumph of Death or The Three Fates

Have you ever felt fate indirectly dictated the next step in your life?
For us Fate definitely became a sequence arranged and rearranged in a particular order to arrive at the final outcome. With some people retaliation or retribution years down the track can be the result of unthinking fateful actions.

In our instance I remember one ‘out of the blue’ impulsive phone call led us down whole new path with our breeding program. Now when I look back the years resemble a long corridor with doors swinging open just as we needed, at specific intervals to lead us in the new direction .

Oden( Odenuel by Simeon Samuel x Arjai Lucina)

The article (mentioned above) reminded me of how a newspaper thrown casually on the back seat of a friends car contained a tiny classified which fatefully lead to the purchase of our beloved horse Odenuel. When you think about the possibility of the Newspaper being on the back seat and it being the one with that particular classified is staggering. And by buying Oden my impulsive phone call then presented us with more opportunities – in particular the acquisition of Simeon Sarah… The breeding decisions we made with our horses also sealed our fate, on one hand – inspiring beauty and on the other a period of absolute anxiety.

Carmel, Sarah and Lorraine (the person we purchased Sarah from!)

So did we create our own destiny? Yes we did! But what is the difference between fate and destiny? Now I would say – fate is predestined in our life, whereas destiny is something we can control. Everyone’s life is fated, for instance most of us have no idea when we will leave this life, but we are certainly fated to leave one day.

When you think about it, we write our own ever changing life story. We never quite know what will happen next. Change is inevitable in our life and due to that reason, it becomes intertwined with fate. But our fate can change too. It can be as simple as the choices we make, if we choose to smoke, we might be fated to die early rather than later. I wonder if anyone really knows what they plan to do with their lives? Often circumstances change your direction even though you feel you are fated to do something else. With that being said, fate is simply the sum of our choices, while destiny is the final result…