Why do we Struggle with our Destiny?

The question of our destiny, or our purpose, seems to be an elusive and secret answer that the universe does not like give up. The fulfillment of our destiny is a very grandiose venture and path that remains obscure to most of us, yet we all want to be clear about why we are here on this earth plane. Why is that we continue to struggle with this quest? Could it be that we have been shown or told in many ways by the universe, only to ignore the message as coincidence or chance? Could it be that we are not supposed to know? Would we change how we live and interact in this world if we knew the future or the reason for our quest? It seems that there are more unanswered questions in our desire to know why we exist. I once asked my guides if I was seeing future events, or was I creating them? The answer I received was that I was doing both things — not entirely helpful, yet still enlightening. Is our purpose then to create our lives as we wake up each day or is there a deterministic path that has already been chosen for us? I truly think that there is a piece of each of these ideas; I have been given very specific messages showing me what I was going to experience in this life, yet I have been able to manifest situations that I wanted to experience. The real question might be — why do we really need to know our purpose? Why do we need to know why we are here? Does any of this information truly change what our…