248. cascade
Beliefs become our thoughts.
Thoughts become our words.
Words become our actions.
Actions become our habits.
Habits become our virtue.
Virtue becomes our destiny.
There is a level of control to destiny. Many of us think that what is going to happen, will happen. But in reality, we have the power to affect that inevitability. It all starts at the beginning of the cascade with the beliefs, thoughts, and words we use to describe the life we are living. Believing your current situation is inevitable will never allow you to find the words to develop the actions which will orient you towards the habits that can then begin to shift your trajectory.
Where we are, does not determine where we will end up. The sooner we can change limiting beliefs, the sooner we can start to create changes that will put us on a path toward where we want to be and ultimately fulfill the destiny of our liking.
144. less fate, more destiny
Fate isn’t something we can avoid, it’s coming for us no matter how fast we run. Every decision we make leads us to the inevitability of the present moment. However, it is those decisions within the moment that give way to a future we can create. The possibilities are there, but they aren’t coming for us, we must strive to bring them into fruition.
When bad things in life happen, it is the idea of fate that offers us solace. We find comfort by saying, “it happened as it was supposed to,” or “it was meant to be.” However, we rarely take time to consider that we still have measurable control over the direction our lives advance. Where fate manifests itself in the moment, destiny is created from the choices we make in response.
In other words, we always have control of how we respond to the bumps in the road. Building a life you want doesn’t come from simply shrugging off the unfortunate episodes in life and saying, “eh, I guess it wasn’t meant to be;” it’s the result of taking something in stride, correcting course and reestablishing the understanding that you have the power to write your own future.