Do you shape your own destiny or does everything happen by fate?

Fate is what puts opportunities in front of us but our destiny is ultimately determined by our decisions. For instance, if you go to a party and meet the perfect guy that was fate. But what you do about it is your destiny. We can either let fate lead us through life or we can shape our own destiny.

Is fate an excuse?

“Fate is an excuse, a way to remove blame and therefore guilt for poor decision making. Free choice decides the outcome of your life, not fate.”

Does fate mean death?

the universal principle or ultimate agency by which the order of things is presumably prescribed; the decreed cause of events; time: Fate decreed that they would never meet again. that which is inevitably predetermined; destiny: Death is our ineluctable fate. death, destruction, or ruin.

What is Shakespeare’s idea of fate?

Shakespeare’s view on fate differed a bit from the rest of society; he believed that people ended up in this certain place and time by predestination, but he believed that they made the choices themselves to lead them there.

What is the difference between ‘inevitable’ and ‘fate’?

As nouns the difference between inevitable and fate is that inevitable is something that is predictable, or cannot be avoided while fate is the presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events. is impossible to avoid or prevent. to foreordain or predetermine, to make inevitable.

How should we view fate?

Here are a few thoughts about how we might view fate. Unknowable: We can’t know, with accuracy, what will happen the next moment, let alone a year, or a lifetime from now. Unpredictable: Events may unfold in ways that defy common sense and all of our statistics and predictions.

What is life’s fate?

Life’s events unfold within two contrasting sides, and all of the possible in-betweens. We, like other aspects of life, are destined to experience some of these contrasts and a shade or more of the in-between. A deterministic fate might feel depressing or exciting … limiting or liberating—depending on how you look at it.

What are the different types of fate?

Unpredictable: Events may unfold in ways that defy common sense and all of our statistics and predictions. Moderate and extreme: Fate can be viewed as a friend bestowing upon us good fortune beyond our wildest dreams, or as an enemy handing us the most painful and shocking of experiences.