In this book Eric Weiner quotes an Indian guru saying: "Life is a combination of freedom and destiny, and the beauty is you don't know which is which" This quote reminded me of my favorite quote from the movie Forrest Gump: "I don't know if we each have a destiny or if we're all just floating along accidental-like on a breeze...but I think maybe both is happening at the same time"
Forrest Gump, the Indian guru, and Eric Weiner all have a good point, and for now at least, this is how I choose to view things like destiny and free will. I think the two are intertwined so deeply that we can't tell the difference, and maybe it's a little bit of both.
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