Fate or Freewill?

        The ongoing discussion the last few weeks has been whether or not fate exists, or if we have the power to make our own decisions.  In the play Oedipus, his future is unavoidable. No matter what he does he would have ended up killing his own father and sleeping with his mother.  I believe this is pretty far fetched, mostly because it is ancient literature and people believed in prophecies. Then in the movie Run Lola Run we saw Lola and Manny change their and others  fates just by bumping into someone.  I don't really think I believe in either of these views.

        In my perspective, we can control what we do. I believe that God knows what direction we are going and where we will end up, but we have the power to control our own actions and control our "fate". I guess in a way, life does work like the Movie Run Lola run. I don't think it is as crazy as the movie.  If you are having a bad day, you will likely take it out on someone else.  That person that you take it out on will be upset and take their anger out on somebody else.  That third person was effected by the the first persons bad day, so it is similar to the butterfly effect.  So basically, I guess I do agree with how in Run Lola Run and how Lola was able to change her fate by making a small change.

Recently while applying to colleges, I have been debating with myself on where I want to go.  My choices are between Pitt, Temple, and Drexel.  I was most likely going to choose Temple until someone told me about a really good nursing program in Lancaster. I could go to Temple or Pitt, but then I would be paying more for school. If I did this nursing program I would commute and have a lot more money to spare.  It really comes down to whether or I'm willing to give up the "college experience". At this point in my life, the choices I make now will effect where I am one year from now, and where I will be 20 years from now.