Do you believe in fate/destiny?
No. Life would be hard to bear if one believed one were just playing out a program, and was not a free agent.
That said, I can’t say I have enough information to have a strong belief in the opposite (i.e. free will.)
So, like a number of other big philosophical questions, it is one for which I prefer ignorance over delusion.
budding limbs:
vibrant growth unseen from
the city beyond.
swamphens strut
at water’s edge, and
i’m a farmboy again.
late afternoon sun
catches yellow bloom clusters:
the day’s last hurrah.
lakeside leaves are
turning and dropping, but
no floaters remain.
water lilies,
in the early morning sun,
stand tall & proud.
If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why?
I would ban the word ban because banning is not a thing that should exist. It is not an impulse one should have.
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