We make our own luck. I believed that, too. We chose our own fate. We controlled our own future. I knew what I wanted. I needed to go get it.

it takes only a moment for the destiny to flip over

The worm’s bad luck is the bird’s good fortune.

The choice is to create your desired life-path or be a prisoner of fate.

Don’t grieve for desires that are not fulfilled. Sometimes the things that don’t happen keep disasters from happening too.” Ashutosh - Songs of the Mist

Control is the factor that can negate fate.