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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Do I have free will if destiny and luck are around?

This question really fuses the circuits of many minds.Existence of concepts like destiny and luck seem to imply that there is really not a lot you can control in your life.Whereas freewill seems to indicate that to a large extent we control how we live our lives and the events in it.Are these two concepts mutually exclusive? I think all these elements combine together to give direction to our lives.One has free will to choose any of the numerous paths laid out before us in life,for example, we can have ten different routes to travel from destination A to B. Destiny on the other hand defines the number of pre-determined hotels that will be there on each particular route.

And where does luck figure in?Before we do that lets consider what luck is?
Luck isn't just about being hit by lightening or winning a lottery but a
conscious mental effort to be observant and take advantage of the opportunities surrounding us. Suppose enroute to your destination a previous rundown hotel is now newly renovated and offering free breakfast
alongwith 10% discount as a promotion.Do you notice this newly renovated hotel and stop for a few minutes to check it out or drive past?If you do stop and avail of the offer you benefit.This is luck.If you don't, you miss the opportunity.So luck as a factor is brought into play largely by our mental makeup and adds to the quality of our travel experience.

Now how we choose to react to the overall journey is again our freewill.

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