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“I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.” — Stephen Hawking
There are two kinds of people in this world. Type A people, we’ll call them, believe in choices.
They think we are all individually in control of our lives and the directions they take. Different choices lead down different paths, but we are ultimately behind the wheel.
Type B people, on the other hand, are a little more romantic. They choose to believe that our fates are all predetermined, written somewhere in the stars.
Whether this faith is born of religion, spirituality, or plain old superstition, the bottom line is that it’s technically the less logical choice of thought.
The ironic thing is that even some of the most logical people in the world are sometimes the most devout followers of their chosen faith. The truth is, people need something to believe in.
We need an explanation for it all. We need to feel that there’s a purpose for our existence.
Without that, what drive would we have to keep going?
I’ve identified with Type B my whole life. I’ve always been the typical superstitious, and at times, overly spiritual…
