Is Success All About Destiny?

This is a question that we were arguing about with my friends some few weeks a go. Is success all about destiny? This question erupted a very argumentative discussion, to an extend my mother's friend ( Fredrick) came between. In my opinion, I stood with the fact that saysFredrick brought up this discussion. He was firmly on his stand that success is all about destiny. He said that we can just sit back and relax and when God plans for your success it all comes without any hesitation.He mostly based his argument on religious fact. God is the reason why some people make it in life; he is the reason some people are still lagging behind. He said that for one to succeeded, he must fully devote himself before God. Live a decent life free from all illegitimate work.Jay who was on my side, he never let him finish his statement. He interrupted him and said, " Everything that man get is due to his on initiative way, we get what we work for. Try one day. Wake up and sit here (home). Do nothing, and at the end of the day provide to your family a sack of maize and fish."Fredrick replied and said, "If God had planned for me to get the sack of maize and a bucket of fish during that day, then definitely at the end of the day I will have it.We are the people who we are right now because God destined us to be this way. We can not change His destiny anymore, once it was written then no one can erase it or change it."His last statement clicked into my mind. It made me feel he was on the right truck. God created us and wrote our destinies. That is so, and cannot be changed. I'm religious too, though a different one from Fredrick I took the that point into consideration.Mody was one of the people in the group. He was silent for a while, but he was listening to the discussion that was going on. He finally contributed,"Fredrick, you have seen most people making it in their life. One of the people is your Dad who is right now working with logistic companies. Do you want to tell me if your father would sit down with his paper and do nothing about looking for the right job, would he be having the work he is currently doing?"This question passed a great pause on him. He kept silent for about one minute and nodded. He then realized that it could not be possible. The group discussion went dull for a few minutes. Fredrick's mother who was sitting at the corridor, felt that there was a need to educate us.She gave us an Inspiration. She made us realize that succeeding in life it has to be people's initiative and only a few part of belief has to be kept to God.I took my stand, I opposed Fredrick. Success is not all about destiny.You can say you were destined to be poor in your life. If I go further asking a question, Who among of us know his or her destiny?None of us has an idea on how his/her life will end up to be. We are all blind to see our future. We can only predict how the future is going to be. Even predicting the future, it does guarantee us that we will get the exact results we had predicted before.Since we are blind to see what it is a head of us, we should take an initiative to work for what we want in our lives. Nothing comes easy or by luck. Luck will only remain in the fiction world. In this real world, you only rip what you sow. You cannot cultivate beans and expect to harvest apples.I do believe in destiny. I'm not trying to say that destiny does not exist. I'm a Muslim, and from my religion I have never heard of a script that says sit down and relax and let the bounty of God fall on you. The same issue our prophet pointed out, tie your camel first before you leave, then rely on God to keep it safe.We tend to put so much blame into destiny without realizing that we all have a crucial part to play in our lives. We have to put pressure on what we want to achieve. If you believe in destiny then also make an effort to work for what you want in your life.Most of the successful people we know, if you listen to their life history, you will find that they went through a lot of shit for them to be where they are currently. Take a look of the life history of Colonel Sanders who was the founder of KFC ( Kentucky Fried Chicken) . You will realize that success does not come on its own, we have to seek it out. I stand with the fact that success is all about taking an initiative, working hard and making commitment to the things that you desire to achieve. What I know, one's effort will never go in veil. No matter how little the effort you made to achieve what you want, you will always get its result.It may not be today or tomorrow, but one day you will celebrate the effort of your hands. Fredrick later knew that success is not all about destiny, but initiative, hard work and determination. What is your opinion regarding this discussion?leave your comment below and let know view about this topic.Thanks for reading.You might also go through my trending post related to this topic.