I read a book that said some stuff about what pre-determination really was. That it was a concept to express affinity to a certain place, event or person. It is not the way most people today believe it to be -- i.e. that our futures are set, that everything was planned out for us. Our futures have to be created, by us. If our futures turn out to be an effect of what occured in the past -- the writer thinks that it's not pre-determination, but causality. [Karyn reads: so this whole deal about 'The One' is bull.] He also maintains that followers of the Tao makes sure that experiences are completely done -- so as to minimize causality -- so that one may look at the future with open eyes. [Karyn reads: closure, so the dead won't haunt you] I guess this pretty much answers one of my life's questions. So today, March 16, 2003, that chapter of my life is completely sealed. For good.