Our choices are our Fate

We've all heard the saying "What's meant to be will be" right? Fate is a funny thing. There are people out there that have this strong desire to believe in something more. They think that everything that happens is supposed to happen the way it does. But then, there are those people out there that think we make our own fate. That every decision they make has an impact because they chose to make that decision. For me, I believe that there is something greater than ourselves. I think that God has a plan for us before we are even aware of what that plan is. I think that God gives us our parents because they help shape us into the people that we become. Every decision they make regarding us helps decide the rest of our lives. Just like Oedipus' parents decision affected his life, our parents decisions affect our life. When Oedipus' parents found out his destiny, they tried to do everything in their power to make sure their baby didn't actually kill his father and marry his mother, but because of this he actually did. Fate plays a funny role in our lives. We all like to think that we can make our own path and do what pleases us, but sometimes it's hard to not think that everything that happens to you happens for a reason. Some people in our lives come and cross our path momentarily and some people stay with us for a long time. Every decision you make, and every person you meet, changes your life forever; and it's hard to not believe that this is all fate. Oedipus showed us that we cannot avoid our fate. He showed us, no matter what we do, what is supposed to happen will. Even though time has changed since the story of Oedipus, the thought of fate never go away. Everyone always questions the unknown but one thing remains forever: our fate is who we are meant to be, and there is no way to escape that.