The path you choose…The road you walk

There are people who do not believe in destiny. They think their lives are completely in their control, and whatever good or bad happens, is absolutely based on their decisions and actions.

And, there are people who believe solely in destiny, so much so that whatever happens in their lives, they name destiny being responsible for the same. Such people also often prefer not making much of any efforts related to anything in their lives because it’s destiny that would always play the trick, no matter what their efforts.

And then comes a third kind of people. They believe in destiny. They know there are a lot of things and situations in life that are overpowering. A lot of things that are also inexplicable. ‘Destiny’ justifies them perhaps. But these people also know that believing in destiny does not mean leaving everything on and for it to happen. They know they have their own roles to play too, tasks to accomplish, plans to make and execute. They believe in helping themselves to help God help them. They are wiser people who understand that their actions are in their control but results of the actions aren’t.

This third kind is indeed wise, and there are enough reasons justifying the same - the most significant being that, no one knows what life will bring in the next second, rather not even in the next fraction of a second.

How can then anyone control everything in their lives?

Such unpredictability of life also reflects its beauty. How monotonous would it be otherwise if every day, every moment, every upcoming second of life were known?

When such is the beauty and randomness of life, what path one should choose to walk their road?

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Certainly, it’s the wisest path to be chosen, the path that tells to experience and enjoy every present moment in life, but have plans too, sorted for the future believing it would certainly come, the path that tells to make every effort that one is capable of making and yet understand that results may not always be as expected, the path that makes one capable yet humble, strong yet gentle, winner yet learner, taker yet giver, the path that allows one to accept life as it comes and face it with boldness, fearlessness, strength, love and faith, irrespective of the good or the bad that comes in.

In short, one needs to work, and keep making efforts to achieve happiness, and all that is good in life, and at the same time stay prepared for all the negatives, for all that is beyond one’s control.

Many a times, people can be heard saying they are afraid of failures. But, a failure is not something to fear, rather its life’s opportunity given to the failed to learn something or a lot of things that the winner might not have learnt too. A failure that way, teaches more and offers a greater share of life.

And when one is prepared for all the negatives, the negatives too become incapable of destroying them. One might fall down, but they would still get up and move forward again, and again, towards the light of positivity, because they have always been prepared.

And, that’s the path that needs to be chosen….. The path that leads to the road of positivity, facing and walking over all the uncontrolled negatives, the path that allows one to make the most of one’s self and life, and hence embrace life with whatever it brings in, with all smiles.