The Ethics Brief | What Fate Cannot Decide
We do not choose every circumstance of our lives.
Some inherit opportunity.
Others inherit hardship.
Some plans succeed.
Others are interrupted by failure, loss or events beyond our control.
Fate determines what comes to us.
But it does not entirely determine what we become.
We still choose whether adversity makes us bitter or wiser.
Whether failure becomes an excuse or a lesson.
Whether suffering diminishes our humanity or deepens it.
To master one’s fate is not to control every outcome.
It is to preserve clarity of judgment,
strength of character,
and dignity in conduct.
Fate may shape our circumstances.
But character shapes our response.
We may not choose our fate.
But we can choose how we meet it.
- K M Pathi
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