Destiny

 I was reading a play recently, and it mentioned a soothsayer. I realized how often I’ve come across a similar plot — in almost all of them, someone is warned about an event that will change the course of their life, usually involving misfortune or death.

And almost always, the character tries to prevent it. But in doing so, they end up triggering a chain of events that leads directly to the very thing they were trying to avoid — a kind of paradox.

It’s fascinating how just knowing something can change everything. If the character hadn’t tried to interfere or take control, there might have been no revenge, no pain — maybe not even the downfall they were warned about.

In the same way, we often try to control everything in our lives: our work, our relationships, our future. We forget that sometimes, by doing so, we’re playing into a story that was never ours to begin with. We step into roles, onto paths laid out by others — and in doing so, we set off events we can’t undo.

Sometimes, the wisest choice is to do nothing. Absolutely nothing.

Let things unfold. Let destiny take its course. Don’t try to wrestle fate into submission.

Maybe — just maybe — fate has something better in store for you than you could ever plan for yourself.