By Someonewise 
Birth, marriage, children and death may carry an element of destiny. But much of what happens in between is shaped by our decisions.
The friends we choose.
The career we build.
The effort we put in.
The values we refuse to compromise.
Our integrity, discipline and tenacity.
The personality we develop and the way we respond to success, failure and adversity.
We cannot control every event that enters our life, but we can control much of what we build around it and become because of it.
Too often, we call the consequences of our choices fate.
Destiny may decide a few chapters.
But our decisions write most of the story.