Hello
Silke, Caro and Kyra!
This is my opinion about destiny and coincidence.
I think
it’s very difficult to make differences between these two words because their
meanings are mostly the same. The only difference I make is in which way these
events change or influence your life. So I would say that coincidence is a
little thing that happens in your life. For example: A traffic light was red
just when I had the test for my driving license. The coincidence is that I
passed that traffic light 50 times and I never saw it red. But just in the test
it was red and I passed without braking…. damn!
Destiny
is something that takes effect for a
very long time which changes your life very much. It’s a point in your life
that you’ll never forget. For example: If Henrik hadn’t moved from Wuppertal
to Hooksiel I wouldn’t have gone to Mariengymnasium after the sixth grade and
so I would never have got to know all my friends today. I’m not sure if this
all happened by the influence of Henrik but I think he played an important role
at that time because first I thought about going to a technical high-school.
Yes I
believe in destiny and coincidence because these two stories are the proof that
these things exist in my mind. But I think you realize a destiny a long time
after it really happened. It was the same when I thought about your topic. First
I tried to define these two words in my own opinion and then I looked with these
definitions in my mind for those moments. So I realized the destiny with Henrik
which is more than 4 and a half years ago. A coincidence just happens and at the
same moment you think or say: “Mmh, that was coincidence”.
Elmar Haschen, 11b, Jever
Hello
Elmar!
Thank you very much for your long and informative response. It was really
interesting to read your opinion above all because you have experienced
coincidence as well as destiny.
Besides, we agree with you in most of the points which youve mentioned. In our
opinion, you could define destiny as some kind of supernatural force or power
that is responsible for everything that will happen in your life, and therefore
you could say it is somehow pre-determined. As you have said before, destiny is
an incident which could influence your whole life.
Honestly, we (Caro and Silke) have to say that we absolutely dont believe in
destiny because, as Kyra prefers to say, we are too rational to believe in
supernatural forces. We just dont believe that there is something that
predestines our whole life. Moreover, we are definitely too emancipated to be
subjected by a supernatural power which commands everything in our life.
Nevertheless, we do at least believe a little bit in coincidence. Coincidence is,
in our opinion, something in your life which happens at a very surprising moment
which you dont expect to happen.
Mostly, when you say "destiny" nearly everyone would say: "Destiny
means that your whole life is predestined".
I (Kyra) dont think so. I believe in destiny, though, but Id define it as a
moment which you cannot influence by yourself and which will have an effect on
at least part of your remaining life. For instance, the example our group
mentioned in our intro: You meet a friend again who you havent seen for ages.
Coincidence on the other hand, Id define as some random incident which may be
surprising at that moment, but which isnt very important for the rest of your
life. It happens and that was it.
Well, we hope you are not bored by reading our opinion! So, we will be glad if
you write back!
Silke, Kyra and Caro, 11b, Jever
Hello Caro, Kyra and
Silke
At first
I have to say that I don’t really believe in destiny. How can you notice that
it’s destiny to meet your friend on a street if you haven’t seen him for a
long time? It sounds maybe a little idiotic, but I think that the whole life is
predetermined, you don’t know it, but you live it little by little. It sounds
a little bit strange. But I can’t explain it in a different way, but maybe you
could. What about you? Do you really believe in destiny? And why do you believe
in it? Did something happen why you believe in it? Tell me more about your own
opinion, because I would like to know why some people believe in destiny.
Ciao.
Ina, 11b, Jever
Hey Ina!
Caro and
I (Silke) dont believe in destiny either. But we are interested in people and
their opinions who believe in it. I dont believe in any sort of God or
superhuman power. Thats because I couldnt imagine that something like destiny is
real. What do you mean, when you say that you think that your life is
predetermined? Is predetermined where you will live in the future or are there
more important things like your character for example predetermined? Caro and I,
we couldnt imagine something like that, because you have the chance to make your
own decisions and to change your life as you want to. How it is possible that
there is something like destiny? Kyra holds a different opinion. She believes in
some sort of destiny. Its very difficult to explain it. She doesnt think that
the whole life is predetermined. She believes that some situations are
predetermined by destiny. If she met an old friend somewhere in the streets she
would believe that it was something like destiny. For me its a little bit
strange because I think that it was coincidence. We got a few other mails, but I
think only one person believes in destiny... I think most people think to
realistically to believe in something like that. What do you think?
Nice
greetings from kyra, caro and silke! 11b, Jever
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Hello!
Now I
want to tell you something to your topic “destiny”. I have different
opinions to your question: What is destiny?
I think
when my best friend disappears out of my life and I meet her after 5 years in
street it isn`t destiny! And
because of this she wouldn’t be my best friend when she suddenly goes away!!
In my opinion I would meet her accidentally. Everybody says “friends are
forever”, but I made different experiences. I think destiny could influence
your whole life!!!!! It could be a nice experience, for example you win a lot of
money and your life will be completely changed - suddenly you are rich. But on
the other hand it could be a bad experience, for example your parents die at a
car accident. It would happen just once in a lifetime and it would change your
life forever. Because of this you can get a lot of problems with your own life.
In my opinion destiny is a kind of conduct, that expects that you accept your
experience of life. (For example: Don’t cry your whole life long but also live
your life!). I made my own experiences. Five years ago I lost my father of brain
cancer and one year later my mother told me that I have a different father than
my sisters! It was very hard to accept it , but now it isn’t a problem for me
to see how life can go on!
Aileen, 11b, Jever
Hey
Aileen!
thank
you for your mail! We dont really believe in destiny either! We picked this
topic because we would like to know, if somebody believes in some kind of
destiny! What do you mean when you say that destiny could influence your whole
life? Is it destiny when you win a lot of money or is it coincidence?! In our
opinion this is a very difficult question and we think that the opinions differ
from person to person. I (Silke) for example think that nearly everything which
happens is coincidence.
We are
very sorry for what had happened to you and your family. Nevertheless you are
able to manage your life successfully. Thats great and in my opinion that shows
that you are a really strong person.
We would
be glad if you answered!
Caro, Kyra and Silke, 11b, Jever
Hello
Caro, Silke and Kyra
Thank you for writing to me!
In my opinion you are right, it´ s very difficult to talk about the difference
between “destiny” and “coincidence”. I think, I have a different opinion than other people, because I have made my
own experiences. Because of this it’s difficult to understand me!? You are
also right when you say that isn’t destiny, it´ s coincidence, for example
when you win a lot of money. For me it’s different, because it would influence
your whole life, you would be “happy forever” (it’s relative)! In my
opinion it’s destiny. I know I told you now my opinion again, but it’s very
difficult for me to explain to you what I mean. I think we could discuss this
topic for a long time, because your arguments are also right. Everybody has his
own truth and experience of life.
Thank you for the compliment, but I think I’m not a strong person, because I
have a lot of problems with my past
and so the appearances are deceptive.
Bye, Aileen, 11b, Jever
Hi
Silke, Caro and Kyra!
Hmm,
I’m sure I’ve seen this question before, it sounds familiar… I answered a
question like that, when I worked on my reading-log for “Holes”… Now,
I’ll write to you, what I think about destiny.
I
think,
there is a difference between coincidence and destiny.
Coincidence
is a kind of luck or bad luck. It happens every day. But destiny is a very
special thing. It doesn’t happen very often and it takes a lot of time to be
realized.
When you
drop a cup on the floor and it doesn’t break, it’s coincidence.
But when
you meet a special person only because something strange happened, it’s
destiny.
I
believe in destiny because nothing is impossible. Everyone gained experience
with destiny – perhaps, he doesn’t know…
Your
example, “One of your best friends suddenly disappears out of your life. 5
years later you meet him again in the street.”
I think
this situation is coincidence. It’s just luck that you meet him again.
At this
moment, I don’t remember any situations where I got experience with destiny.
Bye Olaf
11b, Jever
Hey
Olaf!
Youre
one of the few who answered our questions about destiny! Somehow I can
understand it, because we all had to answer this question in our reading log.
But we think thats good, because everybody only needs to write his text from the
reading-log again... Well, however! We three have nearly the same opinion about
destiny. We dont believe in it. We dont know why not, but somehow we think its
an invention of mankind. Where is the difference between destiny and coincidence?
We think everything that happens is coincidence. Perhaps we will come in a
situation after which we will say that it was destiny. But something like that
hasnt happened to us yet. Perhaps you are right and we only dont know that
something like destiny happened to us. Were not really sure if we believe in
destiny or not, because some people are sure that destiny has changed their
life. We think some things in the world cannot be explained and even destiny
exists. We will see.....
Nice
greetings!
Caro,
Kyra and Silke, 11b, Jever