Fate vs. Free Will.

My dearest angels.... My thoughts have been drawn to the gift of free will. I know many of us struggle with the idea of Fate vs. free will. Everyone always asks how God (or Goddess or higher power etc.) can allow such atrocities to occur and do nothing about them. The thing about free will... is that it has to be 100% or not at all. It has to be given to those who would do evil as well as those who do good; what would be the point otherwise. I know that it seems callus, but the joy, pain, responsibility, weight, and freedom of free will are actually gifts..... God, or whatever power you believe in, does give us help in the form of messages, miracles, serendipity to show us we are on the right path. Most importantly, He gives us our soul, our inner voice, our intuition, our conscience, our inner Jimminy Cricket to lead us in the right direction. Do we all have a fate that we cannot escape? Of course not. Free will makes our fate our own path to forge. We are not inexorably trapped on a course that no matter what we do we will end up in the same place. Take courage in the fact that we create our own destiny. That is the TRUE gift of free will. Do not pigeon-hole yourself into believing you cannot escape a fate you do not wish, or fear that 'fate' will steal you from the path you are so happy on right now. It is all in our hands ... to do with what we will. Good or Evil. As are the consequences. Find your path... Reach for the stars. And know that the only thing our creator wants us to find, is the fact that love is the most beautiful and magical path we can follow. Love, Mishka.