"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."-- "The Declaration of Independence", 1776 --Thomas Jefferson. Many people believe that their future is a matter of chance and they don't have the control over it. But these are only pagan faiths. We all were born equal and good; there is no such a notion as a bad baby. Therefore, man's future life is a consequence of his own choices. All people are different and thus they have different lives. Destiny is the flow of the circumstances; the predetermined course of events but entirely our actions can foreordain it. Only the right choice can lead to wanted and expected destiny.
There are still people who believe that their destiny is decided long before their birth, they think they have no connection with their fortune.
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English: Close-up of the line containing the phras...Nowadays these are only pagan beliefs. In ancient Egypt, they thought so and they even had some gods of fate. For example the goddess Lakshmi, who, like Hathor, was a powerful goddess of beauty, good fortune and benevolence. With the penetration of Christianity in human's life, these faiths are beginning to die. Presently most people think their destiny is everything but a matter of chance.
All people were born equal and good and their future depends only on them, on their choices in life, on their ability to cope with difficulties without losing their own values. A great example of people's choice can be found in "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding. Several boys are on a desert island and in the beginning, they are all the same, they are good. But later on when obstacles arise, everyone...