“The Greeks didn’t write obituaries. They asked one question after a man died: ‘Did he have passion?'”
-Serendipity

There’s a section of ILLUSIONS by Richard Bach that talks about turning randomly to a page of a book, and finding the words that are written there. That’s the universe’s way of speaking to you.

“Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.”
-Desiderata

Do I believe in the idea of a soulmate, one fated person for another? Are there many fish in the sea, or do all the prior experiences act as preparation for the one? Is life predestined — does fate guide all? How do we avoid simply sitting back and waiting for fate to deliver us where we should be, if so?

And can be believe in fate without the believe in predestination?

“You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.”
-Desiderata

Sometimes I think that it is better to be at peace with life than to be happy. Trusting that things will work out as they should. Believing that everything will be the way that it will, and accepting that.

Perhaps that is my faith, the religion that I seek. Not a higher power that created us all in his image, or snakes that eat their tails, or Messiahs and fallen angels. Just that things are all right, in the unbiased view, from the non-perspective.

“So it goes.”
-Kurt Vonnegut