' Homura's ' Notebook
Supernatural Elements
Fate: This is a hard one. Fate is literally about what's next in our lives. What will happen next? Existence of fate means that everything is predetermined, which would make free will just an illusion. But that's not it. That's what people think when they disregard everything else. They are afraid of thinking they don't have freedom. However fate is a reality. Everything I do, everything I think is all my fate. Even me writing these was most likely fate. I will proudly accept the mission fate has given me then.
People shouldn't fall into despair just because they might not have freedom. There are lots of idioms suggesting not to swim against the stream in many languages. That's exactly how it is with fate. A strong stream that won't even give you any choice about your destination. Fate is strong and fighting it can be extremely dangerous, as you may replace your fate with your doom. Even if you were not fated to die yet, you might bring that to yourself.
Don't forget about that warning and read my conclusions over changing fate. These will be extremely important as you hopefully won't be forced to go back in time again.
Fighting your fate is by no means impossible. There are simple steps to change your fate.
The first one is accepting fate. Without accepting that fate is real no progress can be made.
The second one is observing. This one is hard when you are trying to fight fate just for the sake of fighting it. You can never know whether what you wished to do is within fate or not. So what I think as the easiest way to progress is failing. Failing to obtain your desire will let you observe fate, you will be so close to the boundaries so close to the exit... You might have a hard time following me so I will give a simple example.
I wish to eat a cake. Maybe that desire is also within fate but that is irrelevant. I just want to eat the cake but I can't do it. I always find something stopping me from eating the cake. You might think it is super easy to just take the cake but it is not. Either something comes up and puts distance between me and that cake or I get second thoughts. Cake starts looking too expensive, my morality stops me from stealing it. All of a sudden I start thinking I am getting fat and decide not to eat cakes for a while. For whatever reason, the result is the same. I can't eat that cake.
That's what observing means. Observe what is happening, find out what your fate is. From my example you might understand that eating the cake is not my fate.
Once knowing what is within your fate and what is not everything becomes easier. Doors open for you, granting passage through that invisible wall called fate. I can finally eat that cake while ignoring everything else. Because I am challenging fate that looks weak now. What happens when I eat that cake?
The third stage is the last one. It is simple, just do what you think is not within fate and that's it. You will change your fate. Let's eat that cake!
However, eating that cake will most likely be my doom. I will choke on it as nobody else helps me. I will have my fate change, along with the date of my death. That's why only try to change your fate when you think it is necessary. If you think fate is forcing you to die, then change it! You might prolong your life. But please don't change your fate for trivial things. I will write another method that will let you read your fate in the next chapter so keep reading this notebook.