The bow is bent, the arrow flies, the winged shaft of fate.Įverything comes gradually at its appointed hour.

I decide if I am too weak in disaster or to re-assemble my life to divine contribution. I strive to make fate my reality, and life is a quiet thing.įate isn't a hurricane rushing in at 300 miles an hour, but a gentle push that gives us direction affecting events in our lives.įate is an unexpected external intrusion that brings out the strength or the weakness in me. To me, it is a sign that I am on the true path to my authentic self and that I am living my destiny.

I pride myself on what others see as simply a coincidence. From this particular string of accidental happenings all the rest followed.įate happens to me on a regular basis. When I look back over my long life if there is one thing that leaps out at me, it is the role of luck and chance in our lives. Sometimes an hour of Fate's serenest weather strikes through our changeful sky in its coming beams. By studying the consequences of the situation, I can sometimes soften the results. is not in the stars, but in ourselves.įate is a power beyond my control that determines what happens. Men at some time are masters of their fates: The fault. There's a divinity that shapes our ends, rough-hew them how we will.įate means seeing the hand of God move clearly through your life, even with your eyes closed. Or maybe what I'm really saying is it's all up to Whoever created this world and controls it. Other than those, and some of the positives or negatives stemming from them I say it's all up to fate. Some things we can control, mainly attitude, resolve and our power to reason. If we cross that same street an hour later and get hit by a car. If we cross the street at four o'clock and find a winning lottery ticket lying in the gutter. Whether we are black, white, red or yellow. I believe that almost all significant things are controlled by fate.

Sometimes you step off the track, and unless you look back over your shoulder and see the train go roaring past, you don't know what you missed. Whether fate brings them their heart's desire, or forever closes the door to their dreams, the path that has brought them to that point is clear, and fate's irony is unmistakable.Īs we move through life, the force of fate creates events that we only appreciate when we reflect on our existence.įate is a train roaring down the track of life. However, when people are touched by the hand of fate, they know it. Luck of the draw, or meant to be? Our lives are impacted by forces we cannot explain, often changed for reason we will never totally understand.

A touch of fate