What Is Written

Did the event happen prior to what is written, or did we write about the event prior to it happening?

Before answering this question, one really needs to take symbolism into consideration.

I have an assignment for you to do so you'll understand the message I am trying to convey here.

Look up the etymology of your birth name and the meaning of the name of the city where you were born.

After you've accomplished this task, ask yourself how many events in your lifetime have linked back to those exact same definitions again and again without you even consciously realizing it.

Nearly every path, I have chosen in my life, has linked to the word "fire" somehow.

I'm a Sagittarius which is universally known as a fire sign. When I was 6 years old, an arsonist set fire to my house and burned it to the ground leaving me and my family homeless for a short period of time.

At the age of 18, I would join the fire department and would spend the next 7 1/2 years of my life never seeing a day off on the 4th of July.

And in 2001, I would become a member of the Police department in a city which once burned to the ground and used a Phoenix on its new flag to symbolize something which rises up out of the ashes of despair.

Do you believe in irony or coincidence?

Better yet, do you believe it might be possible for an individual to be subliminally affected by a word they write on a piece of paper, again and again, without really giving much thought to the meaning of the written words?

How many times have any one of us written a birthplace or a name on a legal document? Could this affect the way a person thinks without a person fully realizing it? And can a person ever truly escape their environment if they think the same way or write down the same thoughts repetitiously?

The town I was born in was called Ashland and if one were to trace the history, along with the timeline of my life, they would know exactly why I was born there.

So was my life chosen or pre-destined?

It seems sometimes it doesn't matter which choices I have made. Every thought eventually leads me right back to the beginning either way.

Some say people should acquire knowledge about history so we are not doomed to repeat it.

I say we will always be doomed to repeat it.

So acquire knowledge not based on the fear of repetition or of failure, but so one will know which side to be on once the final swords have all been laid to rest.