"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection."

Reflection indeed. Without reflection how do we remember who we are or what we believe? Can both these things just stay with us forever without a though going to either? I call myself a doubter but also a believer. Is that possible I say. Yes I believe so. I believe in God, but I doubt His abilities. Does God really have a watchful eye over us all? Does he really have a plan and uses us as pawns? Does God really even understand the need for some things in people's lives? I don't even know why I say "His", why not "Hers". I guess it's because I've always heard him described as a man. Sometimes I think he looks like an old man with a white beard. I guess I could be describing Santa Clause. But then again, maybe they're just the same, one in disguise. I think we all have choices. However, as someone once pointed out to me, we do not decide where we come from. Some have more choices than others: where to live, where to go to school etc. Some do not though. Some just follow in their parents footsteps and those are the people I pity. Of course it's alright to be similar to your parents, but there should be a difference between mother and daughter, between father and son. We do have choices. Whether following in a parent's footsteps or walking through the path of life on one's own, we have the choice of living or dying, of being a dancer or a doctor, of living alone or with a spouse. I do not believe in fate, as I do not believe in God's plan. I do believe in individuality and the creation of one's own fate within him or herself. Why live if we do not have a life of our own to live?