Fate !!!

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

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Jean de La Fontaine

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There was a merchant in Bagdad who sent his servant to market to buy provisions.

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A little while later, the servant came back, white and trembling, and said, "Master, just now when I was in the market-place I was jostled by a woman in the crowd and when I turned I saw it was 'death' that jostled me".

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"She looked at me and made a threatening gesture," he continued, "Master, lend me your horse, and I will ride away from this city and avoid my fate. I will go to Samarra and there 'death' will not find me".

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The merchant lent him his horse, and the servant mounted it, and he dug his spurs in its flanks and as fast as the horse could gallop he went.

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Then the merchant went down to the market-place and he saw 'death' standing in the crowd.

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He came to 'death' and said, "Why did you make a threatening gesture to my servant when you saw him this morning?"

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"That was not a threatening gesture," 'death' said, "it was only a start of my surprise. I was astonished to see him in Bagdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samarra".

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Do you think you can alter what's written in your fate?