I believe one’s fate is created. Reality is naturally multidimensional. It transforms before your own eyes, depending on how you look at it. The analogy of a half-full, half-empty cup is a familiar reminder of this fact. No pure reality transcends your own perspective. People sometimes regard others who act according to their own view, on their own reality, as lunatic and crazy. The reality as seen by these "crazy" people, however, is no less real than the reality as seen by the vast majority of people. Even the "crazy" people, thus, are entitled to feel sad, painful, exulted, and joyous in what they perceive to be their reality.
The distinction between the reality of the mad and the reality of the sane confronts us with an interesting question: Who is to say which reality is truer? When Jesus taught his followers the new messages of God, many in his own community pointed their fingers at him, saying he was out of his mind. The miserable fate that enwrapped him in the end became the ultimate cornerstone of the reality of many faithful followers of Christianity now. The palpable reality of what they perceive to be religious reality is what keeps the followers of any cult committed to their beliefs, regardless of what outsiders say about them. True believers are not shaken by anything. My religion is the fate created by the individual. Religious texts emphasize that true faith is the evidence of things unseen. Who would not believe that God created the universe if everyone saw the moment of creation? The same applies to one’s fate, whose end is perpetually kept hidden from the person living that fate. I am no determinist. I do not think there is a fixed, static fate assigned to every single individual. The task of shaping and creating one’s fate starts with believing in oneself. Just as you trust in God and decide to believe, the vision of your fate becomes clear only when you decide to believe in your power to shape it actively. In believing that your fate can be determined by your own decision, I am a fatalist.
