This is one of the two great labyrinths into which human minds are drawn: the question of free will versus predestination.

You mentioned . . . one of the two great labyrinths into which the mind is drawn. What . . . is the other?"
"The other is the composition of the continuum, or: what is space?

It is the fate of operating systems to become free.

We don’t do what we want to; we do what we are allowed to

The difficulty in dealing with a maze or labyrinth lies not so much in navigating the convolutions to find the exit but in not entering the damn thing in the first place.

Or, at least not yet again.

As a creature of free will, do not be tempted into futility.

If you believe in predestination, then there is no reason to regret anything. If you believe in free-will, then there is no reason to acknowledge the prophecy. If you believe in both, then you are just looking for an easier way to perceive reality. If you don't believe in both, then you may have an eccentric way of understanding life.