AWOW: 5

Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.

5.



Are we the agents of our own destiny? Or merely the pawns of Fate, Destiny, the Gods or some higher order?



What fates impose, that men must needs abide; It boots not to resist both wind and tide

Is fate just an excuse - "for those too weak to determine their own destiny"? Do we control ourselves, our futures, or are we living out some predetermined future?

I'm more inclinded to believe that "we make our own fortunes and we call them fate." I also rather like the Devil's Dictionary definition of destiny: "A tyrant's authority for crime and fool's excuse for failure."

I've always been of the belief that everything happens for a reason, but that we are the masters of our own destiny, so to speak. Que sera, sera -- but we decide.

"We sow our thoughts and reap our actions. We sow our actions and reap our habits. We sow our habits and reap our character. We sow our character, and we reap our destiny."

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JAG