Man is the architect of his own fate

One's fate is greatly influenced by his present and thus past, but these are not the only factors that affect fate.

What tomorrow's sun will bring for me, it is a question that has always perplexed man. The hope of better days, encourages man to keep moving forward. Some do get it, many are left behind, entrapped in dark valley of pain and sorrow. Some tried to remove the mist of mysteries that have shrouded future with the idea of fate. Unfortunately, the idea itself became a mystery and the mist grew thicker.

Perhaps, man himself is the most powerful artist who carves his fate. His hard work, determination and courage gives a shape to the characterless piles of stone of fate. His intelligence and pragmatism adds beauty to it. But besides him, countless elements, natural and unnatural - like death, accident, mishaps, betrayal, natural calamities, too work on the fate for better or worst. In fact, these elements are so countless and their influences is so varied that their study has given birth to the science of Chaos Theory. A real man accepts the challenge. If other uncontrollable forces gives crack or even break the sculpture, he mends it, further polishes it and sometimes even take advantage of it, but never gives in to them. His persistency bears fruits in the form of a successful life. He finally turns the ugly piles of stones into a masterpiece. Other, far behind him in the race, gets envious of his fate; they being full of gloom and despair fail to notice his workmanship with which he carved his fate in the face of all unwanted influences.

Fate is defined and developed by man, but he is not alone in it. A successful man does not get intimidated by elements outside his control, whereas a failure accepts his defeat and watch them play havoc with his fate with resignation.