Question

How can we be the "master of our fate" when there are
circumstances beyond our control?

Answer 1

To truly be the Master of our Fate and Captain of our Soul requires the courage to face our fears and overcome.

And I quote

¨What we are the captain of is our own being, this human physical manifestation with its own ego, emotions, thoughts and beliefs. These are the things we are in control of, but only with the awareness of our spirit can we direct it to live out our purpose.

Most of us allow our egos and emotions to control our life because of the programming of our thoughts and beliefs. We might not be aware of it, but the fact is they have been largely programmed into us by about the age of 7 years old. This means that our parents programmed into us everything we think and believe about ourselves and how we view the world. Not only have they done this out of their own (typically and equally faulty) programming, but also genetically. Well-intentioned as they might have been, they put these faulty thoughts and beliefs into our own mindset and then we grow up and live out the same programming. If we each are the captain of our soul, then we can overcome this faulty way of thinking, yet few seldom do and many who attempt it typically struggle their entire lives in doing so.

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Answer 2

The only thing we can have mastery of is ourselves. The framing of life outcomes as completely in our control or completely out of our control is false, and usually indicates someone having an emotional investment in believing one or the other rather than being a logical observation. That said, we often have significant opportunity to influence long term outcomes like wealth, profession, relationships, quality of the people we surround ourselves with, etc. We make hundreds (or thousands) of small decisions every day that impact short and long term outcomes, our state of mind and how we frame our part in it drastically influences which choices we make. There is no magic think it and it happens, nor are we simply at the mercy of random chance. Our focus and will definitely determines our success in this regard, but that focus and will does not stop random events or actions of others that might undermine or inhibit our success. This is why being rational and avoiding situations with greater risk or being involved with the wrong people is a choice of great significance to the outcome. Wanting things to boil down to simple answers is human, but when we make our understanding simpler than reality we have chosen foolishness.

Thanks,
Eddie