[ rewriting things... but she'd rather just read what someone else wrote. even if it's metaphorical, it seems like she's had a lot of people tell her that she should be writing things. but it's probably just confirmation bias. ]

I'm not sure that I really believe in destiny. Not like that, at least. If destiny is a thing, it's more of a prison than an opportunity. "Seizing" one is, however, a very interesting contradiction in terms.

[ but that's just being pedantic. ] I do see the point you're making, though. We have to determine our lives or they'll be determined for us, or more likely just stagnate under our negligence.