Hey do you remember the movie called Forrest Gump? Lately it becomes one of my favourites ever. For almost two hours listening to Forrest's story, I just realized that Forrest just wanted to ask the way to go to her lover's house, Jenny. Is this man really an idiot as his IQ report when he was just six? I don't really think so. Just like Forrest mother said, stupid as stupid does and Forrest exactly did what he supposed to do to make his life even people said he was a slow-witted person. No one would believe that a guy like Forrest Gump could be a hero in the Vietnam war and got an honor medal, won a ping-pong international competition in China and became an idol even he never knew why since all he did was only hitting the ball, and also Forrest even got a chance to meet many U.S. presidents from Kennedy to Nixon. Until finally, he could marry his beautiful dream girl, Jenny, whom he loved since he was a kid. That was Forrest's life fate; he just went through it although he never knew the reasons why they happened. I believe each of us has one too even in the bad times we tend to run from our fate.
"Life is a box of chocholate, you never now what you're going to get""
I think fate is different from what is called destiny. Fate has already been settled since we were born and it can hardly be changed while destiny is something that we can still fight for to make our life better. Many kinds of people exist in this world when they are facing their fate.
There are some people who give up their life, just make a wish and dreams without doing something for reach their dreams. When those dreams don't come true, they grumble and often then blame God for not fulfilling their desires. However, some of them are quite lucky, sometimes they get what they want instantly winning a lottery for example. That's why they are called fortunate people who get something accidentally. I hope they don't loose it accidentally too ( ^^;)
Other people often see that someone's fate and life is always much better than them, and then result in dissatisfactory of his/her life and a question, "why could I be like him or her? I've been trying a lot but seems God is not really fair." It seems that they couldn't accept themselves as they are. Just imagine if all people in this world are the executive directors, who are going to be the workers and buyers? Everyone was born to this world with certain reasons and they will have their own role in the society. Therefore everyone is created to be unique.
There are also realistic type people, those who always search for the truth and reason behind everything that happen in our daily life. God likes people who are searching for the truth and He shall give us answer with His own way. But human is somehow impatient to understand God's ways and tend to try finding the answer by human's ways and reject His lead. I'll do it with my way. This reminds me to Leutenant Dan who rejected to be saved by Forrest during the Vietnam war. He wished to die that time so that he'll be respected as a national hero. But it wasn't his time according to God (if this story became real I mean). He was fated to be the director of the Prawn Ship together with Forrest and then he got married with a vietnam lady. Even both his leg got amputated, Isn't still it more beautiful than "dead"? If he was dead, people would remember him as a hero, but would his soul go directly to heaven? no one knows (again if it were real hehe). What a human thinks is good is not always good in God's eyes.
Forrest always did stupid things according to the people around him, but when he got a lot of success , those people thought hard "how come is it possible?" Human nature has a tendency to imitate someone who is viewed as a cool and smart person, and anything that he/she considers would not embarrass him/herself. To be same as the world is not what God wants since He created us according to His image. Be yourself is the best thing to do because you are unique and none is like you. Yep, stupid as stupid does...I am myself as anybody is.
Well I've been too much talking now. Shall it be finished now? Well, fate and destiny are two different things but they have to cooperate each other. GOD has provided us a box of gold in the finish line as our reward, but if we don't start running to reach the finish line the gold will stay there and we'll get nothing but disappointed. Everyone of us has been granted by a fate as we were born. By accepting the fate means we follow His will. But keeping on fighting for our destiny is a must to reach a good end of our fate with one condition that our efforts should be done according to His ways. As long as God with us nothing is impossible, isn't it? I can say nothing about this because everyone has different opinions. So let's prove it by ourselves.
