Destiny, Sovereignty, and the Life We Choose

Well-

... at once, Jillian.

I, I know

Do you? [laughs]

It's like, how do you unpack all that?

[laughs]

Um, I, I think when you think of sovereignty, you know, a lot of times you think of who's in power, who's in control.

And so when you bring that down to yourself, and it's like, you know, who's in charge of yourself? And, um, I think sometimes, uh, when we make a choice or we don't make a choice, it's a case of we give that power to somebody else to make the choice.

And so, you know, it's like, what am I doing? Am I making an intentional decision to do something? And, and what's the process that I go to in that? Um, so I, I think it's, it's all about what is it that we want out of life and how are we going to do that, um, in regards to sovereignty, which then ties in with destiny, is-

Mm-hmm

... you know, do I believe that I'm on a path that's predestined and there's no choice, and I'm gonna get there because that's what I'm here for?

Hmm.

Or is it, you know, kind of here's a door, here's a window.

Am I going to shut the door and go through the window, or am I going to shut the window and go through the door? So I have a choice as to where I'm going.

And I think tho- that's why those two to me work very well hand in hand.

It's like, you know, are, are we giving up power and control because we believe that everything's already written and we're just here to follow a path? Or do we believe that we have the ability or the agency to do what it is that we choose to do?

Wow.

I had never thought about destiny as being the same as predestined and, uh, like fate, and, and how do we decide how to deal with our fate.

That is really interesting.

I had never thought of it that way.

I thought of destiny more as a, uh, f- a freedom so to speak to decide what you're going to be, and a lot of people just never pursue those things.

They end up getting scattered and, and doing other, other stuff.

But that is really interesting.

I will definitely have to make note of that because do we need to let go of...

Did you say that you could let go of the predestined i- the, you know, fate's the only thing I've got idea and make something out of the destiny yourself? Did you, did you get-