I've heard fate talked of. It's not a word I use. I think we make our own choices. I think how we live our lives is our own doing, and we cannot fully hope on dreams and stars. But dreams and stars can guide us, perhaps. And the heart's voice is a strong one. Always is. Your heart's voice is your true voice. It is easy to ignore it, for sometimes it says what we'd rather it did not - and it is so hard to risk the things we have. But what life are we living, if we don't live by our hearts? Not a true one. And the person living it is not the true you. Susan Fletcher
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The idea that we can choose who we become is a bit of a contradiction in terms. We cannot choose our parents, because we are the product of them. We cannot choose our gender, because we were born with it and it is what we were meant to be. And we cannot choose our ethnicity, because we were born into a culture and raised by its beliefs and values.

So how can we choose our character? We make choices because we have the power to make choices. We may also make choices because of our environment and other people around us, but ultimately, the choice is ours. The idea that you can make your own fate means that you control your own destiny. You don't have to live in someone else's dream or wish fulfillment or in their way, for that matter.

You must follow your heart and listen to the deepest and most important part of yourself and remember that if you do not keep listening to it, you will never know what you truly want in life.

Source: Corrag

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