Destiny or Possibility?

It's so amazing when you think about all the things that lead up to certain things. Let's begin with an example. My conception, or at least everything that led up to it is so interesting to me. Because I can't sum up the odds and chances that even led them to even be in the same state at the same tie I'm just going to address the night they met. In Texas one night in the late eighties they happened to go to the same club the same night. But that's just the beginning. So they both go to the same club; big deal. Well after they show up we have to take into account their influences that night. Their mood, their company, their past relationships, the other attractive individuals, their actual placement in the club, how many drinks they had (or didn't have), the list goes on endlessly. But everything went accordingly. Every opportunity that needed to happen did and they ended up crossing paths.

This leads to another point. The interesting subject of "the butterfly effect". The basic definition of a the butterfly effect is the propensity of a system to be sensitive to initial conditions. It arises from a scientific discussion of the effect of a butterfly's wing flutter on the upcoming weather conditions. How I am relating it to my topic leans more to the original definition however. The possible paths altered by initial decisions, can be a powerful life-changing perspective to adopt. I'm sure everyone has been informed that each decision carries a special weight. But what if you were told there was a science behind this; or a proven algorithm?

Think of yourself as a marble. This marble is set upon a giant rolling hill. By simply moving the marble centimeters, even millimeters, along the hill its course is completely altered and its destination entirely different. Think about where your marble began and the alternate beginnings. It's funny with movies how there are these alternate ending. But what about alternate beginnings. Aren't these much more powerful changers of time and perspective?

What if we could alter our own beginnings and the initial conditions? I'm thinking of this in context with people born into less fortunate situations. Their marble started in a slightly different spot but destined them for a totally different destination. And the fact that a minor decision dictated where the marble began to roll. It almost suggests the notion of destiny. That our parents and their parents and the paths of others around us dictate what we do. As if every possibility is fulfilled simply because it must be.