Is destiny real? By Lily Loewen

In both Oedipus the King and "Minority Report", the idea of whether destiny and fate are real is tossed up in the air. And ever since I was younger I always thought that there is definitely fate and destiny that affects our lives. The saying that "everything happens for a reason" was a huge part of my life and I kind of lived by it. But now I have completely changed. I think that I control my life and that my decisions is what causes how my life will go, not my destiny. Everything I do is because I decided to do them, and whether or not I achieve something or I fail at something- that's up to me. Nothing just happens for a reason. Things happen because I made them happen, not because it was my fate. I feel like if I say my life is run by fate, my accomplishes didn't happen because I worked hard, they happened because it was suppose to and had nothing to do with what I did. I don't want that to be the way I earned everything I earned and lost everything I lost. I work hard to make things happen for me, and I want all my hard work to pay off for something. I would hate it if I didn't accomplish something because my fate or destiny wouldn't let me. That means it doesn't matter how much I try, I won't accomplish it anyways which is terrible. I believe that I do things because they will actually affect me, and that I have control over my life and the way I live it.