Fate

Doctor: You didn't always take me where I wanted to go!

TARDIS: No, but I always took you where you needed to go

To borrow this quote from Doctor Who, there have been a lot of things in my life that never went the way I wanted them to, but on some level I have to think if they always turned out the way I needed them to.  There have been things in the moment that I have missed and been upset but down the line whether it be years, months, days or even hours later realised that it was actually a good thing I did miss out.

If you have read my blog or know a bit about me you will know that I believe in fate, again borrowing from Doctor Who I believe we are born at point A and die at point Z and along the way there are certain points that are fixed in time, things that will happen, will always happen regardless of what we do to try and stop them.  We have free will and the path we take is ours to choose, those points that are fixed will move with our choices, the Universe compensating around them to ensure those fixed events still happen.  Point Z may or may not be fixed.

This bout of philosophical retrospection has come about as a result of yet another attempt by me at trying to make something happen, at the time it seemed like a good idea and I was upset when it didn't happen, but now, hours later with a clearer mind I think perhaps it is a good thing it didn't happen.  It beggars the question though, at what point do you stop seeing gathering obstacles and complications as a challenge and start seeing them as a sign things aren't meant to be?

You don't always get what you want in life, and you don't get everything you want handed to you, all this I know, if you want some things you need to put time and effort into it - but it's also true to say at times "it shouldn't be this hard".

If the amount of work required to achieve something continues to rise to the point where it far outweighs the reward, implying, it's not worth it, does that mean it's not meant to be?

In a business sense at least if the cost of a project increases to an excruciatingly high level and the time devoted becomes tantamount to an investment that far outweighs the return, the project would likely be abandoned and losses cut.  If we negate emotions and treat our lives as businesses then there are many things we would never pursue.