1/24/12

Being a freshman in college I have been thinking a lot about what I want to be and more importantly what I my talents are so I can go in the working field and be doing something I love. Coming in undecided has given me a lot of exploring options, but while in class the other day we started talking about destiny. One of the questions on my paper was if we all have a  destiny how do we have free will? This question ties into the finding of myself in my college experience because if it is my destiny to do something or be someone, does my free will give me the choice to pick what I want to be still? I learned in class that destiny is something that is defined as path that we are given at birth by powers bigger than us and it isn't under our control and we can't change it. I also learned that free will is defined as deciding to be "moral", so we are taught at a young age how we should act and that defines our free will or are we imprinted with a personality that defines us by our actions and decisions and that in turn decides our lives for us? As a college student that is trying to make the right decisions and one day make a small difference to the world, the thought of not being able to choose what I want to do for the rest of my time on this planet is a scary thought. If there is a destiny for me, I hope that I do something that helps others and on my death bed I can say that I did something worth living for.