Can one's future really be told?
Campus Times
April 25, 2003
"Tell your wish to mama." As the fortune-teller woman told
me this, I thought to myself "what am I doing here?"
On Friday, the last day of class before Spring Break, my friends and
I decided to have the story of our lives told by a complete stranger.
My friends were pretty satisfied and in shock of how much the fortune-teller
knew of their current situation in life. I on the other hand, thought that
my $20 could have been spent in a wiser matter.
I am going to admit, however, that some of the things she said were
true.
I sat there with a nervous expression on my face, rapidly pacing my
feet. I don't know why, but I was scared of what this lady was going to
tell me.
I held the $20 in my hand while I made two wishes, one for her to know
and the other to keep to myself. I extended my palms for her to see; she
looked at them for a while and then began telling me about myself.
She said that I was a happy person, but unsatisfied on the inside by
the way things were going in my life.
Sure I'm not satisfied with the way things are, but seriously what 19-year-old
can honestly say they have a stable job for the future, no stress from school
and perfect relationships with their family, friends and significant others?
Not many.
She talked about my future something that I am absolutely scared
thinking about.
One of the reasons I was so nervous in the beginning was from what she
said: I will have a husband at the age of 23, two kids a boy and a
girl and live a very happy life with my husband.
I'm also going to be a successful writer in a newspaper or a reporter
on television. Gee, I wonder how she knew this; I only told her I was a
journalism major in hopes of being a writer for a newspaper.
I don't plan to get married until I am at least 26 years old, although
I do want to have two kids.
I know life takes strange twists and turns, but I do not plan on getting
married that young.
To get down to the point, I believe that our destiny is in our own hands.
We are not born with a certain personality and a certain lifestyle that
is chosen for us.
Our surroundings and experiences we go through mold our personality
and future.
We might believe that we are destined to be teachers, journalists or
politicians, but things do change, people change, and it is up to us to
explore those options out there in order for us to reach our destiny.
We are entitled to take chances and make mistakes to ultimately reach
our professional goals.
There are those who believe that their first love is the one and only
for the rest of his or her life, for some it is, and for some it isn't.
As I said before people do change. At this point in our lives, nothing
is stable, and we cannot be held down by a belief that things need to be
a certain way.
In the end, when we face all those changes and challenges and the priorities
and feelings are still the same, then we know that we were meant to be with
that certain person or meant to have that certain profession.
The fortune-telling woman told me to keep my reading to myself, if not,
my happy ending will not come true. But I think
I am wise enough to take chances and make mistakes to eventually reach
that happy ending.
Alejandra Molina, a sophomore journalism major, is LV Life editor
of the Campus Times. She can be reached by e-mail at ale_molina01@yahoo.com.
