do you believe in destiny?
By antelzie
@antelzie (17)
Philippines
March 16, 2007 7:41am CST
like jack and rose in the movie titanic, they did not expect their paths will cross and definitely fall in love with each other. i have said it so because as the movie showed, both of them had different ways of living. jack is a happy go lucky guy who sees life as a gamble. he traveled everywhere to search for that something that he has no idea what is. rose on the other hand was a poised girl raised by her mother and was committed in an arranged marriage by a very rich man whom she doesn't love at all. as they went aboard the ship titanic, their love story began and ended in a tragedy. but the most captivating part was the moment the ship was sinking and jack surrendered rose in the hands of the rich man. but because of "love", rose resisted and found her way back to jack's arms. even if they don't end together because jack died, his love lived in rose's heart as she grew old and had her own family. the ship titanic was said "the ship of dreams" and so was the love jack and rose had dreamed to have.
the question here is, do you believe in destiny? if you do, and the destiny meant for you is like what jack and rose had gone through, would you still chose to have it or will you chose to give up on it? and why?
please use your heart from answering and not your head. experiences may help you find the right words to say and it may surely gave other people who might read this blog/discussion a lesson and an inspiration. thank you and God Bless everyone!
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44 responses
@cdparazo (5765)
• Philippines
16 Mar 07
I believe that we make our own destiny. What Jack and Rose may have felt at that time could be love or could be not. It could be just one lonely soul trying to find refuge in another. Discovering new feelings and knowing one person could put us in cloud nine but we don't stay in cloud nine forever..reality has to set in sometimes and their different background would surely put a damper on the romance. If they didn't die and would have ended up marrying each other, I think they would end up divorced in the long run or disillusioned. What Rose kept all those years was just the idea of being in love and I'll bet my right eye that it's far from realistic and more of a fantasy.
@ennaej (5)
• Philippines
16 Mar 07
I do believe in destiny. And I've also learned that destiny is not just about "love". It's about fate of an individual. Unchangeable, a result from all the decisions that we made. We may meet someone while taking our path on the way to our destiny. We may live with them and we may not... But destiny, is a thing that's meant to happen in each and everyone of us... Anyway, this is just my point of view...
@apostrofy (661)
• Romania
17 Mar 07
i don't know if it's destiny or not but some things do get out of control for us, that's for sure. if u'd ask a religious person, they'd tell u it's not destiny, it's god, on the other hand, not so religious people do blame things on fate/destiny. i don't know if it's just me, but did anyone else noticed how all things that seem to be "destiny" end up really bad?
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@flowerchilde (12529)
• United States
17 Mar 07
..sometimes that comes after our choices.. You've pointed out something I think of a lot, which is God isn't to blame for this world.. he gave thinking ability.. which becomes choice.. and if he was forever interfering or steppin' in, it wouldn't be free-will.. He's the life force, but the plan isn't for robots.. hence this unavoidable journey and lesson.. [But because he's also Perfection, the 'end' result can only be the best.)
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@killahclaire (3665)
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16 Mar 07
Hi ANtelzie,
WHat an interesting and original post. I think you shall go far in myLot. When I seen the title of you post it really caught my eye and my heart fell mwhen I saw the mention of Titanic as I have not seen it but you ecplained it so so well.
I think I am very much romantic at heart and I think this kind of story could happen to everyone in one way or another if they let their heart guide them.
Unfortunately I do not seem to have found my love but maybe I am looking to hard.
I would be interested to know if you have found the love of your life as you seem like a firm believer in it.
Hopefully I will see you about for a while yet,
God Bless,
Claire (Scotland)
@antelzie (17)
• Philippines
18 Mar 07
good day my friend!
i would like to borrow some of jack dawson's famous lines from the movie titanic and this one goes for you.."promise me rose, promise me.. that you'll never give up no matter how hopeless.."
and like what jack have told rose, don't give up on love my friend, it will surely come your way someday. i am blessed to have a loving parents, supportive brothers, true friends and that's what really matters the most. i once had a good partner, a loyal friend and a lover in one man. but i guess, we were "not" destined to be with each other in this very cruel world.. but instead, in heaven. be inspired with love my friend
God Bless!
@kclaret59 (587)
• Philippines
16 Mar 07
yeah i do... i really do.. wanna know why???? ask me!!!
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@vanillasky0712 (1)
• China
17 Mar 07
I don't think so ,moive is just a moive ,but our life maybe totally different with it .
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@liangrifle (116)
• China
18 Mar 07
yes ,you are right.we shouldn't just believe the destiny.our destiny is controled in our hands.if we believe tbe destiny too much,we will lose the aspiration to succeed,we will be lazy and just wait for the destiny.
@antelzie (17)
• Philippines
26 Mar 07
yeah, i noticed.. lol
thank you for the compliment. the warm welcome and huge response of people in mylot from my 1st discussion made was an inspiration. hope i can make more discussion in the future that people may like like how they did with this one.
God Bless!
@scapula (760)
• Jordan
16 Mar 07
Yeah of course I do belive in distiny .. but sometime I feal I won't belive in it just in order to control my life ... I hate my life not to be under-control ..... so it's an cotraversal issue .... somtime you need to belive in it and sometime I just overlook it.
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@mssnow (9484)
• United States
16 Mar 07
I do believe in destiny. I wish i had alive like jack and Rose. They loved each other till the end and in the end they found each other again. I know in my heart we are destined to meet many people who we could be happy with. I found mine once. I know I will find another.
@registration_form (66)
• Philippines
17 Mar 07
"winning that ticket Rose, was the best thing that ever happened to me... it brought me to you."
~Jack Dawson
@getmpfree (132)
• Slovenia
16 Mar 07
Sometimes yes , sometimes no.But generally yes.
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@jean_rose (415)
• Philippines
17 Mar 07
Oh, my God! If I experienced what Rose did, I'd probably just have chosen not to have met Jack if he could never be mine for a lifetime. It was heartbreaking to see the movie where the star crossed lovers pledged their love and were not able to live the happy life they deserve.
@netski_15 (423)
• Philippines
16 Mar 07
I believe in destiny. I believe that all things are destined to happen with a purpose that we don't really know. It is like it's meant to happen whether you like it or not.
In terms of love destiny is a very strong word. When you found your mate you feel that you are destined to live with that person for the rest of your life. You feel the connection. Whereever this destiny will take you both, you face it together.
@vicky19810 (1600)
• China
24 Mar 07
yes,for me ,i believe in destiny,as i think that everything is predeterminate,so we will meet many different kinds of matter and persons.it dues to the costa or the lot from our preexistence i think,lol...
@cultoffury (1283)
• India
24 Mar 07
I am a firm believer. There were days when I was always gloomy thinking about someone who never loved me, and I thought I was the most unlucky person in the world, but suddenly one day someone else came into my life, I never thought it could work, she knew all about my disaster and still cared for me, and that too so very much, now she is an integral part of my life, I have though what if the other person had in fact accepted me? I would never have been as happy as I am now, everything is like a fairy tale.
@limbe07 (1)
• Cameroon
17 Mar 07
Well I do believe in destiny and from my own perspective it is simply already performed circumstances that are yet hidden from he that is going through it until the action(s) is or are over.Why do I put it thus? because I do believe strongly that all things and actions have been created and done by God.He is like one who has watched a movie several times and looks at the reaction of another who is watching for the first time.He that is watching for the first time tries to anticipate what can happen next.Yet no matter what the course of the movie remains as it was acted.I have met some people in my life and at times those that I never thought to be so close with become so close and vice versa.Because I believe there is a God incharge of my affairs therefore what results from relationships do not push me to reverse it.Yet still in this knowledge I find myself trying to struggle most often otherwise.It is true the heart is deceitful!It often wars against the reality.This doesn't mean you became heartless because in me I discover two hearts or minds at work.One seeks to be restless unless I please my thoughts and imaginations the other gives me rest and keeps me from yeilding to the first becuase every time I yeild to the first the restlessness grows and the second gives me a love that is amazing!
@toolfan (305)
• United States
18 Mar 07
I'm not sure that I would call it destiny that I believe in. I think that certain people are attracted to each other by deeper things than physical attraction, emotions, etc. In that case, it may be destiny...How do people find each other from so far apart? I know I wouldn't have ended up with anyone but my wife...so in that case. Maybe I do belive in destiny.
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@Hayley_N (525)
• Argentina
24 Jul 08
First of all yes i believe in destiny and yes a person is responsible for his of her destiny in this way;when a girl is asked what she wants to be at the little tender age she is she answer that she wants to be a lawyer,a nurse,a doctor e.t.c.But as she grows older her tastes,her fantasy becomes diverted due to a role model that she soley looks up to,influence from social life with friends and also the direction of God leading you to do this because that his plans for her.Secondly destiny can be destined to us in a bad way and sometimes in good ways how when directed by words of mouth of people who care for us they bless us and those that don't they curse us.so the answer can be answered in two ways.
