You wait for fate to bring about the changes in life which you should be bringing about yourself.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Waiting for fate to change your life is a form of passivity and avoidance.
- In plain terms
- Stop waiting for luck to change your life and do it yourself.
- What can you take from it?
- Active effort beats passive waiting.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When is patience better than action?
- How much control do we have?
Another view
Sometimes timing is external and cannot be forced.
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