There are things people can control and things that they cannot control. The things people cannot control, or explain, are considered fate. The things people can control are just events in their life. Fate is an imaginary crutch people use to explain things that they cannot make sense of or control. I believe my life consists of numerous events and fate has no role in it.
In eighth grade, I moved to Saint Clair from Cincinnati, Ohio. This was not due to fate. I moved to Saint Clair because of my father. My father is a chemical engineer that works for a paper company. In Ohio, the company he worked at was fifty miles away from our house. He was required to drive there and back every day, which was inconvenient for him and for us. He heard about a better job opportunity in Saint Clair and decided to take it to make our lives easier. It was my father's choice that led me and my family to move to Saint Clair. Fate had no influence on his decision.
Diseases such as diabetes are not brought on by fate. My father is a Type II diabetic, like many of my other relatives. He became affected by diabetes because of the poor health choices he made in his youth. These juvenile choices are what led to his disease. If he had eaten healthier and had been more active, then he could have delayed the effects of this disease. My father is a diabetic that needs …show more content…
When I play tennis I win games or lose games because of my skill, not because of fate. I put effort and dedication into getting better at tennis to defeat my opponent. If fate already determined if I would win or not, then there would be no point in practicing. This is true for not only sports, but everything else as well. If everything in life is due to fate, then nothing would happen in life. People would believe that they would end up successful without putting any effort in. We as a society would make no advancements because people are waiting for something amazing to pop up in their