What is Destiny?

What is your destiny?is an opportunity to learn more and grow
I was inspired to write this article during an Angelspiritually; no more, no less... a stepping stone.
Guidance Reading I did last week. I shared withIf you want to be more in touch with your life
my client that "There is no such thing as destiny."purpose, get in touch with what it is that you
She was shocked and surprised at my statement.truly want and desire. Take some quiet time for
"There isn't??" she gasped.yourself every day and look within. When you are
I realized that many of you may be stuckaware of your inner feelings and desires you will
because of this false belief in destiny, so I wantedhave the road map to your life purpose.
to take a little time to explain.If you find that you are doubting yourself, or
Destinyworrying a lot you are probably getting stuck in
Back in my university philosophy class we calledyour concepts of right and wrong. Just let it go
this belief "Predeterminism." It's the belief thatand go with what you feel. I met with a woman
everything that is going to happen to me hasthe other day who shared that she would like to
already been decided, and there's nothing I can dospend more time on her spiritual growth. She had
to change it.seen emails about workshops we were offering in
This is a romantic, idealistic belief that can trip youher area on the weekends, and she wanted to
up in life. You may not believe that you think thisattend. But, in the next breath she shared that
way, but what about in the area of romance?she really felt that she needed to be there every
Have you ever wished to meet "the one," yourweekend for her sons to watch their sports
soulmate? That one person that you are "meant"games.
to be with?Her belief that she must be with her kids every
How will you know when you meet this person?weekend, may be stopping her from doing what
Well sparks will fly of course!! I don't know aboutshe really desires. Her desire to take part in
you, but I've never experienced it that way. Ispirituality workshops comes from within. It's her
never saw fireworks in another person's eyes,true feelings and therefore it is part of her
except perhaps in the movies.purpose. In order to more fully live her contract
What I see so often is men & women whowith herself, she needs to change her belief. The
have an expectation of what meeting "the one"more she does for herself, the greater example
will be like. If any experience they have doesn'tshe is to her children and probably fulfilling more of
meet this expectation they doubt themselves.her spiritual contract with them. Will her kids
They question,"Is he/she the right one for me?"suffer if she attends two or three out of four
Or in the area of career they might say, "Is thisweekend sports games every month instead of
what I'm supposed to be doing with my life?"all four? Her new belief can be, "By doing for
They are so concerned about being right andmyself, I am teaching my children to be loyal to
doing the right thing that they spend a lot of timethemselves."
questioning, wondering and worrying. In myWhat are the thoughts and beliefs that are limiting
opinion, if it feels right now, it is right for meyou right now? You may be doing it completely
WHERE I AM NOW in my growth.subconsciously. Perhaps you would really like to
The belief in destiny also implies that some forceget a massage, but you tell yourself that you
outside of you is in control. You may be trying tocan't afford it. But, if you are open to possibilities
have God or even your angels tell you what youand solutions there are probably ways you can
should be doing. This doesn't get you anywhere -get that massage. Perhaps you have a service
just more and more confused.you can trade with your local massage therapist
If you believe that there is one right choice, youso that money isn't even exchanged. Perhaps you
must then also believe there is a wrong choice.can forgo eating out in a restaurant this week to
And that's why so many people get stuck. Theyuse the money on a massage instead.
are terrified of making the wrong choice. So theyWhen you remain open to possibilities and
worry, analyze and dissect and doubt everysolutions you will be amazed at the ideas that will
decision they make. When they do finally commit,come to you. Rather than spending so much time
the timing has been blown. Now they havelooking at the "Why Not's," focus on finding
another excuse not to trust their feelings becausesolutions. Remain open and receptive, and your
things don't progress in a flow.angels will provide you with solutions that may
Belief in right and wrong is just a concept. Insteadnever have occurred to you. Your angels are
of searching for the "right" choice, see youralways solution-oriented. If you have feelings of
choices as opportunities, neither right nor wrong,doom and gloom, remember that's not how your
good nor bad. You can never do it wrong! Insteadangels operate. No matter how bad things seem,
of searching for what is right, they key is to lookthere is always a solution. Your angels will never
at what you truly want. Your inner desire guidesgive you anything you can't handle. So, if you're
you to your life purpose. You need never beexperiencing challenging times right now (and I
fearful, or regret choices you made in the past.know many of you are) practice looking for the
You can't go back and change it anyway, so whylearning opportunity and the solutions. You'll be a
bother thinking about it? Every choice you makestronger soul for it.