Human beings are ultimately defined by our choices

"Is this future set in stone?
Can it be changed?" or
"This looks great! Wait, is their any way I can mess it
up?"

Basically what these questions all boil down to is: "Is
the future predestined, or is it determined by our
choices and those of others?"

The answer? It's both.


Of course this sounds like an impossibility, or
paradox. Let me explain

Human beings are
ultimately defined by our choices.

Yet each of us is on
our own unique path in life. This path leads us to
events in our life where we must make a choice. Think
of these events as "defining moments". Now, the type
of choice we will have to make during this defining
moment (love or money, risk or security, etc...), has
been predetermined according to our own unique path
- nothing can change it.

However, what we choose is completely up to us, and contributes to who we are.
So who decided this predetermined path that we are on, and what kinds of choices we will have to make?

You did! Source, Spirit, whichever name you apply to
God, dwells in you, as you. You cannot be separated
from God, not even by time. Therefore, there has never
been a time when you did not exist, and their never
will be. When we realize this, our fears and
insecurities melt away.


The following quote (which I believe is from A Course
in Miracles - paraphrased) sums up this idea nicely...
"If you only knew who walked beside you, on this path
that you yourself have chosen, you would never
experience fear or doubt again."