Destined for Greatness

"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them"

Each part categorizes people into some form of destined greatness but each seems to have a different form of destiny.

What comes to mind when I think of the part "some are born great" are heirs to the thrones of monarchies or people born to families or parents who have done something great and now the children must live up to their family's success. With royal families, the destinies are pretty simple: when the older king or queen dies, their son or daughter will take over. They know where their destinies are taking them and what is in store. Those born to great and successful families have slightly more possibilities for destinies. It could be that they will grow up and then do the same thing their parents or family did or that they will do something totally different but just as great as what those before them achieved.

This leads us to the next group which is those that achieve greatness. These people are the ones that haven't technically been born into a famous family but have done something great in their life because of their own effort. Examples could be Thomas Edison's inventions or Amelia Earhart being the first woman to single fly around the world without stopping. No one knew they were going to do this until they did it.

Now onto the last group which is those that have had greatness thrust upon them. To me this shows that their destinies were those where they didn't have to do what they did but did anyway because thier destiny put them in that position. Great example that comes to mind to me here is George Washington whose destiny lead him to be one of the greatest founding fathers and presidents of America. He was kind of forced to take on that leadership role in the new government and made a great start at a new nation.

So it looks like there are different kinds of destinies but the question is what will each of ours be like.