I've always been a philosopher at heart, overanalyzing
             situations, people, and nature; questioning values and
             our existence. Having long discussions that often lead
             into arguments on various aspects of life inspires me,
             as I take in other people's perceptions on life and
             develop my own. Over the past couple of years my views
             have drastically changed, and as I matured I sorted
             I had an epiphany one night last year, while having a
             telephone conversation with my friend Andre. He was a
             little older than me and a lot wiser. Him and I spoke
             for hours as we discussed life's many unanswered
             questions. That night we argued on the topic of
             destiny and whether it exists. I am one of those
             stubborn, independent people that chose to scoff at
             destiny for I wanted to believe that I had complete
             control over my actions. But as the night progressed
             and as our conversation deepened I began to see things
             Andre argued that we do not have complete free will,
             but only a limited amount. The rest is up to destiny
             to decide, which we have no control over. The idea
             seemed bizarre and outrageous, especially with my
             mentality at the time. I was a strong believer of free
             will and the idea of some supernatural force that
             predetermines our actions sounded crazy. He then gave
             me an example.Andre said that destiny exists because
             if we were to travel back and relive a moment, we
             would have acted upon it the same exact way. I
             wondered why as he continued.We wouldn't change our
             actions for that was the way we felt at that specific
             time and place, after all environment affects our
             actions. The pieces of the puzzle began to fit
             together, as words of wisdom entered my brain. Andre
             said that the small amount of free will that we have
             over our actions play a significant role as well. He
             said that we do have a choice to make a stand in life
             and "live it", or pursue a future. "We have the choice
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