Gordie 21 going with my gut

[AndrewP]

Gordie - There is a very dear friend of mine who happens to be Muslim who taught me an important phrase that I use a fair bit.

in sha Allah

He and I have different interpretations of this because he, while he jokes that he is destined for hell for his sins some of which I know of, he is rather devout. I myself am agnostic. I neither believe in, nor dis-believe in God. I do have a lot of respect for and a certain amount of jealousy of those like you who are people of Faith.

His interpretation is that God has a plan for us and that sometimes we are too stupid to see it and follow it.

My interpretation and why I keep using the phrase is that I believe that things happen to us from outside forces that we have no control over and that it is up to us to accept that.

For me it means that sometimes we just need to take chances accepting the outcome whatever it may be. Like jumping off the dock into water of unknown temperature and uncertain depth. We gasp when first we are plunged but then we deal with it.

And yes, I deal far too much in metaphors.

in sha Allah

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