There’s No Such Thing as “Fate”

Whether we admit it or not, at the back of our minds, whether we’re religious, atheistic or agnostic, some of us think there’s such a thing as “fate”, as in, if you’re meant to experience something in the future, whether a tragedy or success, there’s nothing you can do to stop it. It’s going to happen.

Well, let me tell you right now that it’s NOT TRUE!

We can change our future. It’s not set in stone. And here are the actual facts to prove it.

When I hear of a weird accident where someone dies (like gagging on a hotdog), or the opposite, where there’s a huge disaster like a tornado hitting a house and someone miraculously survives (I think I heard of this baby who did), people will usually comment to me, “It’s fate. It was his time.” or in the opposite case, “It wasn’t his time.”

Though I wasn’t 100% sure I agreed with these comments, at the back of my mind, there was still that gnawing doubt: “Maybe there is such a thing as “fate”?”

But I met someone who completely removed my doubts and made me realize that we all have, in each of us, the power to change our future, change our and other people’s lives.

I was in college at the time, and she was a typical student. Let’s call her “Jane” (note I’m modifying some details to protect identities). Jane had a boyfriend, she went to parties, and I later learned she became a flight attendant. What set Jane apart from most people (and I’ve never met anyone like her again) is that she can see the future. I’m not kidding. I really didn’t believe in all that psychic BS until I met her. She really made me a believer. Here’s a sampler of what she did (this is first-hand, I was actually there): we went to a party where we brought a friend from another school. We introduced him to Jane and asked her if she could say something about the guy’s girlfriend. Note that Jane just met the guy and that’s one of the first questions we asked. Jane immediately said she had a birthmark at her back. We were stunned. I knew the guy’s girlfriend and she in fact did have a birthmark.

We also asked Jane what fraternity another friend belonged to and she was able to answer accurately within seconds.