Fate vs. Free Will

“Although the gods know what one’s life will be before he lives it, man still has the freewill to live as he wills”. Fate is an event or action which is destined to happen in a particular way whereas freewill is the ability to act in a manner which is not influenced by predestination. I believe that these two philosophical concepts influence the outcome of one another. The basic interpretation of this adage means that the gods know what our lives are going to be like from the first moment of birth to our last moment of death, and this ideology refers to fate. During the duration between these two important points, man has the ability to go about and choose to do whatever he may desire, and this ideology refers to freewill. The gods know what choices you are going to make as well as its result. Personally I am able to relate on how fate and freewill influence the outcome of each other. In my religion, it is believed that life in an ongoing cycle and that the person who you are in one life will affect the person who you will be in your next life. Likewise a few medical problems, such as high cholesterol and diabetes, run in my family. The elders try their best to encourage each other to remain aware about the health conditions. Recently I have had two deaths in my family relevant to health-related problems. My uncle died to the fatal effects of diabetes and my great-grandmother died due to a weight-related illness. Before these two very important and influential people even thought about the poor choices they were intending to make, the gods already knew what the outcome would be. Carlos Irwin Estevez, also known as by his stage-name Charlie Sheen, was born into a family of renowned actor and actresses and it was assumed, or likewise “destined”, for him to follow in his family’s footsteps. However, the outcome of his life did not turn out to be what was expected. This happened when he came across two paths; the path of righteousness and the path of wrongdoing.