man is the architect of his own fate
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Man is architect of his own fate
Today we see the craftiness of man almost all over the world since he has reshaped his
environment, re-engineered his living and re-invented the meanings of life. So, man’s fate is no
exception to this phenomenon. God has sent man on this earth owing him with mandate to write
down on the wall of his fate with the acts and deeds he performs. His mind is mentor who tells him
what the consequential shape will appear over the actions he orchestrates. He cannot blame
anything as predestined bound to himself. A centuries-old but abiding writer, Shakespeare, also said:
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.”
So, fate, good or bad and progressive or regressive, is determined by man’s own activity or,
at times, inactivity towards life. The basic thing that derives him towards action or inaction is “ the
approaches towards life” i.e. balanced approach, extreme approach and static approach. Man with
balanced approach always avoid being polar and choose the balanced way, like all the successful
personalities of the world, to shape his fate on the progressive lines. Whereas, man with extreme
approach, whether he is intellectual or illiterate, will come across bad fate at the hands of his
extreme choices like Dr. Faustus, a highly intellectual person, meets a bad fate though his ambitions
were not bad. Third category of people lives a very deplorable and regressive life. They are always in
waiting for a godot to alter their fate and do nothing. They are spiritless, sluggish rather parasitic. In
conclusion, a balanced approach towards life is the prerequisite of good fate. (272 words excluding
title)