I awoke this morning, pondering this thought. A few of days ago, I read a new clipping about a bus full of people plunging into a dry river bed in Rajasthan killing a number of children and adults. Was it destiny, fate or an act of God? I wonder…
It is quite possible that a brilliant child who died in that accident may have grown up and discovered a cure for HIV AIDS; or another passenger on that “ill-fated” bus could have possibly solved the global demand for renewable, non-polluting energy. Why would the cruel hand of destiny, fate, or any act of God change the course of humanity in such a catastrophic manner?
Ponder another thought – what if Adolph Hitler or Attila the Hun were actually “destined” to die prematurely? Imagine Hitler as a young boy playing in the fields. He then accidentally stumbles into a mine shaft and remains trapped, possibly wounded. Along comes a farmer who rescues him and Hitler grows up to inflict the worst human holocaust the World has ever known – exterminating the Jewish community by the hundreds and thousands, and inflicting a World War on humankind. What if, that farmer never came along, or even if he did, never heard a young Adolph’s cries for help? Adolph Hitler would have died as a child and the Holocaust and the Second World War would never have happened. Was it destiny, fate or the hand of God that intervened and saved Hitler from a premature death?
What if, Hitler had a choice? The choice to systematically exterminate a race or spread the message of peace and win the Noble Prize, and be counted among the likes of Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King. Would he have chosen a different path or did “destiny” drive his choice?
Had the driver of the pickup truck chosen to park his vehicle at the side of the road instead of leaving it on an unlit, narrow bridge – the accident would not have happened. The gifted and brilliant child would have grown up and discovered a cure for HIV AIDS and the World would have a renewable source of non-polluting energy. Unfortunately, this did not happen; why, because the driver of the pickup truck chose to leave his vehicle on a narrow, unlit bridge which resulted in an unnecessary and tragic accident.
Is destiny, fate or an act of God as we see it, linked inextricably with choice?
Here I will not comment about the subject of the writeup but would comment on blogosphere :)
ReplyDeleteThis is the best part of blogging world that you get a chance to read on variety of topics. People just pen their thoughts without the worry of criticism. Bloggers just write about anything and everything.
For the last couple of years I tried writing many blogs and the end result of all those blogs was only one - I deleted them all as I was a lot confused about what to write and how to write. I was seriously hunting for a good topic to write but failed. As the time passed and I made many friends and they all always said Rohit do not follow your brain always..whenever you are in a state of confusion just follow your heart. Recently I started following their advice and I got topics to write on my blog :)
Here I am going to advice you the same that follow your heart and just pen your thoughts you will never run out of topics to write :)
I am following your blog and am sure that I'll get something new and as interesting as your first writeup on this blog regularly :)
All the best :)
Thanks, Rohit for the valuable suggestion. Take care.
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