The quote above is from the poem Invictus. I’m not a big fan of poetry, but I love this poem, esp. these final lines. I do believe that things happen for a reason and that fate does play a part in our lives, but I also know that no matter what happens in life, I will always have a choice. I can choose my own destiny.

I don’t believe in palm reading. I don’t think a palmist can read into the lines of my hand to determine my fate. It’s an interesting practice, but I just don’t buy into it. I did have my palm read once, years ago, by an elderly Vietnamese lady that I took care of in a nursing home. I was straightening up her room when she took hold of my hand and started reading the lines. A couple of the NAC’s were amused because she had read their palms before, and for most of them, the predictions were surprisingly accurate. Apparently she was a palm reader back in her native country.

Anyway, by the time I had met this woman, her English had started failing and she was partially speaking in her native tongue. I kind of had to interpret for myself what she was trying to convey to me. I kinda wanted her to just tell me that I was going to be rich and live a successful life, but the only thing she would discuss was my love line. So apparently sometime in my life I’m going to have to make a choice between two men that are interested in me and I’ll end up picking the second man because he’s “The One”. lol She also mentioned something about earrings, but she started speaking those foreign words again, so I still have no clue what that was about. It’s been 7 years since that palm reading. I don’t know why I’m thinking about it now.