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.

HEY GUYS I NEED YOUR HELP

I need people to join this blog for my Writing for Publication Semenar class with Kate Miles. I've sorta, um, forgotten to do this earlier. Anyway, if you guys could do me a huge favor and join this, I'd be really greatful and give you telepathic cupcakes.

I'll be posting art, poetry and stories I happen across, and keep tabs on my own personal projects.

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Destiny and Epica

Okay so I went to my first paid concert over Thanksgiving break for this epic symphonic metal band called Epica! The concert was AMAZING, but that's not my point. I've had one of their songs stuck in my head for the past week and I didn't know the name of it or enough song lyrics to figure out which one it was. Then, last night I went to play my iPod and it was the first song that came up! Is this destiny? Perhaps...especially considering the song is about destiny! Here's the song if you are interested...



So does destiny exist? I don't really have an opinion on the matter. I consider myself a very rational person so I will not believe it unless there is some scientific data proving it or whatever. But I will agree that the thought of destiny usually does make people feel better. If something goes wrong in your life you could just say, "Everything happens for a reason" and feel better about your situation! I just think that the thought of destiny and any sense of higher power gives people hope because they don't want to believe that there is no reason to life and that this is it...you live and then you die and that's the end. People who think that there's no point to life are generally depressed people which is why people generally believe in irrational things. I mean...what's something that people who need help in their lives like something with addiction are told? Believe in a higher power and ask for guidance! The whole basis of AA is accepting help from a force greater than yourself.

Buffy vs. Twilight

This is the perfect video for anyone who loves Buffy, hates Twilight, or both!

There's a lot I could say about the philosophy of Buffy, but I'm writing my paper about it so I don't want to ruin my paper. I will say how it relates to Frankenstein, however.

In Buffy season 4 this government agency called the Initiative fights against demons. One of the head people working for the Initiative creates a demonoid cyborg called Adam. Adam is part human, part demon, and part machine and he is extremely strong and powerful because of his demon and machine parts. He could be compared to Frankenstein's monster, except that Adam is evil from the beginning and to everyone. He wants to create a world with creatures like himself to rule it. The first thing that he does when he wakes up is kill his creator. In that season there are also other examples of technology that gets used controversially and brings about destruction, such as putting behavioral modification chips in the soldiers fighting for the Initiative.

What is the destiny of a fat horse?

Hello dear blog, it's been a while. I'll start with a quote, to which my lovely roommate just screamed from over a book:

"Harry Potter... is an orphan... that means he'll be turned into soup!"

What is the nature of this, clearly, abnormal psychology?

Or, perhaps, we can examine this second quote, which she screamed afterward:

"THERE WAS RIB IN MY PITA, DONT YOU REMEMBER?!"

I fear for my life, dear classmates. Jordan is creeping off the edge of her bed, looking at me like a... like a... starving... well, like a college student about to have a nervous breakdown.

Yes! It's finals. Our lives are steadily boiling closer and closer to destruction. What the hell is the point of this anyhow? Why do we rip our hair out every semester's end? It's certainly not because we have five chins, like Dudley Dursley.

Uh, right, philosophy.

Anyway, I don't know if I believe in destiny, but I believe some people have a natch for seeing potentially useful things, even if they don't realize it. A man might walk down the street, searching for his run away daughter, and suddenly feels he should swing by subway. There she is, moping in the corner. They might call it a whim or luck. I suppose I consider it low grade precognition. We can sense things and, if they seem good, we can choose to follow them. Different doors open depending on our every choice, so the future turns on its head whenever we change our minds.

Mostly I just don't like the idea of some obscene force controlling everything I do and everything that happens around me. I'd rather like to take credit for SOME things, you know.

Great people do great things

Look at this fat horse I just found!

Destiny: a glittering trail of fluff or DOOM?

When I think of destiny I think of a set ultimate end; there are many different choices one can make through life, but in the end they end up somewhere pre determined. Whether or not I believe this so called destiny exists, I'm not sure. All I know is that in the end I'm going to die, so none of it really matters anyway.

BUT, when thinking about destiny as pre determined life, I wondered if there are only a select few who have these so called destinies. Are they something we're born with, or does an event have to happen to create it? Take my good friend Harry Potter for example, was it in his life plan to have his parents die when he was but a year old, or was his destiny created after the fact? Because once this event happened, he was raised for the sole purpose of killing Lord Voldemort.

Maybe only super special people have destinies, and the rest of us are just running around with no purpose. I think I rather like not having the responsibility to do something meaningful, I can be selfish and just enjoy my time on Earth with all you folks; sounds good. But if a select few of those special people with ultimate destinies are found in this class, I wish you all the best.

This whole thing is just a tangled mess of confusion, who knows what to believe anymore? I mean, I just learned Santa was abused by creepy elves!

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