RULE 17
You’re in charge
Sometimes fate can deal you a terrible blow. That’s fate for you – nothing you can do about it. It’s capricious, and if it wants to pick on you, you just have to suck it up. There are many belief systems that tell you there’s no free will, and you are indeed a victim of fate. They may or may not be right, but the trouble with that attitude is that feeling like a victim isn’t much fun. It leaves you vulnerable, wondering when and where the next blow will strike, and helpless to do anything about it.
It’s not only the philosophers who can’t agree whether we have free will or whether our lives are all down to fate. Even scientists disagree on the point. However, the scientists are clear that people who believe they have ...
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