Fate is not a total factor of one’s own choices — that is the rightist oversimplification of the spectrum where leftists attribute everything to chance. Did the widow choose to be widowed, or the orphan to be orphaned?
“Did the widow choose to be widowed, or the orphan to be orphaned?”
What does that have to do with anything? The measure of a person is how they live their lives not because of, but in spite of their circumstances.
Improvise.
Adapt.
Overcome.
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