Do we really control our lives? Every decision from our own and not by the people around us?Its a scary thought, to have all of one's decisions come from everyone else but themselves. Fate does control parts of our lives. As seen with our life lessons taught by our parents, I'm sure many of us still follow that advice, if not have our lives based around them. Death is another thing in fate we cannot control, a we know that no matter what we do, life ends in one way or another, its the final dimension in our lives that we cannot control. Other pieces of fate :where we are born, our parents, associates, and other things dictate much of our decisions. Sometimes what comes to us is what makes who we reshapes us to make certain decisions in life.

However, we are not slaves our fate, many aspects, personal aspects of our lives is still under our dictation. Early on, one is heavily influenced by others, but as you get older, you are less influenced by others and start listening to the voices in your head. Even influences, they remain influences, not dictators to your thoughts. We all have interests that we ourselves have, not by others, this is another part thats unique to one's self. Free will is not dead, but combined with Fate, instead of one remaining dominant over another, they both mix with their own influences on our decisions and lives.