There is a theory called "Social Entropy". Its basically another phrase for Dancing with Chaos. Another key phrase is "being fluid"
There is nothing "wrong" with having principals to stand on, but being "non-fluid" is.
With ANY social gathering and or event there MUST be a leader that is willing to dance with Chaos. Why? Because anywhere there are more than one person gathered THERE WILL BE CHAOS. There must be a person, leader that is willing to ALLOW the tension in the room create a rhythm to dance too.
No, i do not like chaos. However, I do like to try and be fluid enough to hear ALL sides of the story to try and come to a resolve.
Its tough, very tough. But someone has to dance. Someone has to "hear the song" and dance. Its the only way to be the agent of change.
At the office, factory, school, or where ever there are people.
Remember the story of Macbeth? He tried to change his own destiny only to see the "prophesies" about him come true. To make a long story short he tried to avoid his foretold death only to be beheaded as his "fate".
Question: Can destiny happen in a vacuum?
I was talking to a coupe of co-workers on my break today and asked them this question. I posed the question in the form of what I call, "Plinko in a sealed room' Go with me on this.......
Remember the game 'Plinko" on the game show "The Price Is Right"? The game was all about the luck of the way a large poker looking chip would be dropped along the top of strategically placed pegs. When a person would drop the chip down the plinko board it would bounce along the pegs, and if "luck" was on their side it could land in the 10,000 money slot.
When the chip would land in a large money slot, the contestant would try from the very same spot with different results only to be frustrated.
Why?
I have been told that if you try the same thing you will get the same results. tell the contestant that. Maybe it is the atmosphere of the room. Maybe its the air coming from the vents blowing it. Maybe it is the rumble of the audience cheering vibrating it in a different direction. Maybe.
So, lets change the atmosphere.
A vacuumed room - sealed tight - plinko - a machine that is programed to drop the chip at the same place with the pegs, board, and all aspects with NO variables to change it.
Can destiny be changed in a vacuum? A sealed off room?
My co-workers said No. I asked, why? they said because its impossible to create that atmosphere.
Hmmmm.
As is life. THERE IS NOT A "ONE FORMULA" that can work EVERY TIME... Enter, the Cross. Jesus. The Messiah. YHWH. GOD.
He (Jesus) said, "I am the (Only) way, the (only) truth the (Only) Life"
That, is destiny.
That IS a cure all.
So, from the moment we accept Christ, does our destiny begin? Free will VS. Unconditional Election.
Macbeth. Was that "supposed" to happened? Could it have changed?
Judas (who betrayed Jesus), was that "Supposed" to happened? Could it have been changed?
The plinko chip. In a sealed environment - could it fall in the same place every time?
Me and You, In a sealed environment - does that effect us?
Or, does God drop us on earth like plinko chips (with a Bible) and say "I'll see you on the other side."