Man is the Architect of His Fate

 

 God has endowed man with reason and intellect. Such charisma makes him supreme from other creatures. There are two dominating factors, nature and nurture, which help in grooming the personality of man. Nature relates charisma while nurture means a conducive environment.

Failure lies in thoughts, not in the deeds and this spirit may be reflected through the resolute character of an old man “old man and the sea” who considers failure as a mental state. He believes that “every day is a new day” and “a man can be destroyed but cannot be defeated”. Islam promotes the same philosophy that disappointment is sin. Disappointment is more related to our mental capability as compared to the physical one. Our actual motivation lies in our mind and our body is merely the agent to perform the dictations of mind. Shakespeare claims: Fault lies not in our stars but in our own selves that we are underlying.

A person who stands still against all odds and constructs himself positively is ultimately successful. If one acquires a negative and lethargic attitude like Faustus and Macbeth, he would be responsible for his own destruction. As Shakespeare relates: Nothing is good or bad. Our thinking makes it so. The winds are always on the side of the ablest navigator.

Nelson Mandela, a century tower, spent many years behind bars just to fight against Apartheid. Similarly, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah through his indefatigable efforts and charismatic personality changed the cartography of the world. Barack H. Obama, owing to his personal traits, has raised to the status of U.S. President. Man is the architect of his own fate as he is not waiting for an opportunity to knock at his door. 

Before him, the opportunity is a state of mind that requires a prompt response and a proper attitude to take certain risks. A person, willing to accept change, works hard, and resides in his faculties, will be able to materialize his dreams.  It should be kept in mind: one should not wait for their dreams to come true rather one has to learn how to make them come true.