Coincidence

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How much of your life is your own free choice or is your path laid out for you to follow?

Free Will or Predestination?

Coincidence Is life as random as it seems, Each day brand new with no restraint, A gift of freedom and of choice Without restrictions' gloomy taint? Or this .. I've known that man before Though when I really can't explain. Is this a chance coincidence That's passing through my life again? Or was all this once prearranged, Are we predestined every day To do things where we have no choice, To live but never have a say? Perhaps life is a colouring book With dot-to-dot and boundary lines. We draw in details all the time, New pages showing our designs. Coincidence is more or less An act of fate, and if that's so It's no surprise it lies in wait, Appearing everywhere we go. So which is real .. unplanned events Or life laid out by other means? We are here while time moves on, Daily colouring in the scenes.

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Caycay Jennings

Date: 2/9/2017 7:18:00 PM

I FEEL, our lessons are predetermined, but day to day, we free fall. But those lessons will find us and sometimes I'm sure it's meant to be thru specific people. Also, we miss a lot when we're stifled by fear. Didn't mean to go on! I love this, would love to talk to you for hours about this topic and the poem itself was impressive, clear, wrapped up and delivered with poetic impact. Nicely and memorably done! Blessings, CayCay

Elisabeth Sheaffer
Date: 2/10/2017 10:55:00 AM

Thanks for the comment, CayCay. I like your points of view and it is good that we can learn things from others, hopefully things which make life a little easier.

Daniel Turner

Date: 2/7/2017 12:21:00 PM

Great question, Only the dead knows the answer. I'd like to think we make our own destiny. Great write, Elizabeth

Elisabeth Sheaffer
Date: 2/8/2017 11:19:00 AM

Thanks for your kind comment, Daniel. It would be nice to make our own destiny but the state of the world says we might just make an even bigger mess every day.

Phil Capitano

Date: 2/7/2017 11:44:00 AM

Excellent question Elisabeth. I feel connections to all things and so can see coincidence is a disguise for fate; I believe in the adage 'when you are meant to learn something, a teacher will appear'.

Elisabeth Sheaffer
Date: 2/8/2017 11:23:00 AM

Thanks, Phil. There definitely seem to be connections but perhaps we need the help of others to achieve something really valuable. Maybe we'll find out one day how it works.