"The Big A" | By Linda Dai

         This is one of life's most skeptical questions: is life's path laid out to us at the moment of birth or can we change our destiny? I believe that this is an impossible question, because how would we know what is laid out in our future? How is it possible to recognize what our fate is before the day it is prevailed to us?  


         When we pursue our dream to change our stars, how would we know if the stars that we changed were already set in stone at the time of our birth; or if our destined destiny was already destined to be? The point here is that since we are unable to know our future, it is impossible to know if the stars that we changed were already destined to be! Despite all this, I do have faith that if we work our hardest, we can live a better life. And just by holding onto that belief, we don't need to ponder upon this almost indecipherable question, we can dream. As long as we believe that anything is possible, it will be. In the video clip, the other two men have accepted the reality of them being peasants and decided to let it be. While the more handsome man refuses to accept his supposed destiny, he is trying to change his stars. 


          A lot of people out there born to unfortunate lives refute the mere idea that this is their fate. Instead, they take action and gear towards a brighter future. They all say that if we want to change something, we must do it ourselves. We must never be satisfied with our knowledge and life; we must demand more from our lives and that's the only way we'll get to a new place. Unless you want to leave your life's direction up to the upper spirits to decide, remember we will always be able to control our own lives.

"No man ever steps into the same river twice, 
for it's not the same river and he's not the same man."
                                       ---Heraclitus