Our decisions determine our destiny

fate/fāt/ Noun: The development of events outside a person's control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power. Verb: Be destined to happen, turn out, or act in a particular way: "it was fated to end badly". Synonyms: noun.  destiny - lot - doom - fortune - kismet - portion verb.  destine - preordain - ordain o·men/ˈōmən/ Noun: An event regarded as a portent of good or evil. Prophetic significance: "a bird of evil omen". Synonyms: sign - presage - portent - augury - token - foretoken por·tent/ˈpôrˌtent/ Noun: A sign or warning that something, esp. something momentous or calamitous, is likely to happen. Future significance: "an omen of grave portent for the tribe". Synonyms: presage - omen - sign - augury - prognostic - foretoken

Check out these three words. Here's the rundown of them: 

First of all I had a friend say to me, "You're big on fate huh?" So I got thinking about it and looked up the definition. I decided that yes, I do believe in fate to a certain extent.

Second of all, I had a different friend use the word "omen" while describing how and why things happen sometimes so I was curious and looked up that definition. 

Then, the word "portent" stood out to me so next I looked up that definition too. 

Funny how they all mesh together, huh? So now the question is, do I believe in destiny?

des·ti·ny/ˈdestinē/

Noun:	The events that will necessarily happen to a particular person or thing in the future. The hidden power believed to control what will happen in the future; fate.
Synonyms:	fate - lot - fortune - doom - kismet - luck - portion

Maybe so.

Love,

Kate

ps. President Thomas S. Monson said in his talk titled Believe, Obey, and Endure that "our decisions determine our destiny."

. . .something cool to think about!