When We Are Told Our Life

When we are young, we are told we can do anything and be anyone. How true is this? Millions of people haven't made a decision that was truly their own up until death. Whether they be victims to the system or circumstance, it is rare to do what you originally planned to do. We are told our lives have meaning as reassurance-- that our existance is not vein because it is part of God's plan. I do not fully believe this, because if God planned out our entire lives, it only gives the illusion of choice. In truth, most things that seem to happen by chance can be explained; a chain of reactions that lead to an inevitable outcome. We are subject to the choices of others, and we ourselves influence those around us. Those with more power can decide what

That could mean that the first sin would never have happened, as a perfect plan would prevent the loss of perfection. The belief that we have choice means we are free to fail and succeed on our own, without God's direct interference. God gave the chains of fate to humanity, and we can do with them what we wish. If someone wishes to cause a massacre, God will likely not prevent it as that is a human choice. We are not limited in our absolute choice, which means we are not limited in our possibilities for good and evil. Something that, throughout history, has turned for acts of great good and evil throughout the

In medieval times, a farmer's son would be a farmer himself. Doing anything was not an option, but why would he consciously submit? They were not taught to question the system. It was simply how things were, and it made people content. Now, we have people slaving away to corporations, some for their entire lives. You enter the system, they educate you as much as necessary, send you out into the world to work with the promise 'you can do what you desire', you have a family, and then you die contented. A summary life that renders the beauty of individuality unseen.

That desirable sense of self-- the idea that it fades into nothing can be a terrifying prosect. Though one's name may fade, and their actions go forgotten, the influence and decisions they have made will always exist. Our choices are the greatest way we have to say to the world, “I was here. I existed.” Even if we never may understand or know it, we have changed something around us. Had we never existed at all, things that should have happened never would