Do you believe in fate? Are we walking down some predestined path or do we have free will to do as we please and make our own decisions? Are they one in the same? (Is that even possible?)

Then what happens when we feel like we’ve lost our way? Do we wait for a sign to lead us in the right direction or do we go look for the path ourselves?

I often find when one is on the right path, the doors open easily and welcome you through the threshold. The signs are there. Sometimes BIG, RED and NEON just in case you aren’t paying attention! They come in many forms. Sometimes as an unsolicited call speaking specifically to your strengths when you’ve been doubting yourself and spouting those same points as weaknesses. It’s finding a blog posting in your inbox that touches upon the very thing weighing on your mind and how to combat it.  On other occasions it’s that perfect person presenting themselves in your life to help you make the necessary connection or to assist you along your way. (I love those!)

But solely relying on the signs can sometimes be a detriment. Especially if the signs aren’t presenting themselves loud and clear. Then what? Are we supposed to stand like a deer in the headlights waiting for that car to come crashing into us with that all knowing epiphany? Uh, NO!

I’d like to think that we are given our own special bag of tools, gifts if you will, that make us special and unique. Whether a scientist or an artist, we have a purpose. We are here to serve, to create, to help others, to build, to lead… So when the electricity fails on that neon sign, we have to make a choice as to which fork in the road to take and then start walking. It could be the right decision. It might be the wrong. And sometimes you have to jump from A to B before you can make it to C. Or even D for that matter.  (I would much rather take the long way home than sit in stand still traffic any day of the week.) But I suppose that like a child, we sometimes have to learn the hard way, or make the best educated guess as to what is the right way with our own bag of tools.

That’s where faith comes in.

That’s where free will shines.

And fate is what we make of it.

So you say you’re waiting on fate, but I believe fate is now…waiting on us.