Who Decides Who Wins, And Who Loses? Life, Fate, Destiny, or You?

I am the only one feeling my pain, my life decisions are not Fate’s, not Destiny’s, but my own!

Annelise Lords
Dancing Elephants Press
4 min readJul 2, 2024

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A Sunrise for Hope. Image by Annelise Lords

How is it possible for six children with the same mother and father, to be raised in the same household, under the same principles to turn out so different?

Indoctrinated with the same discipline, rules, morals, ethics, and laws? Enjoy the same food. Slept on the same bed. Attend the same school and be taught by the same teachers. Practice the same religion. Play the same games with the same children. Endure the same hunger, cruelty, and pain from the same person, yet, respond differently to their upbringing.

Of the six children the way my mother raised us and the cruelty and pain we were forced to endure, three responded negatively and imitated her life’s actions, choices, and decisions. They continued the cycle of agony and misery her generation started. Most of their children imitated their lifestyle allowing that cycle to stay alive and well destroying hopes, dreams, intentions, suggestions, ideas, and anything else that shared hope, and love, along with everything positive that threatens change.

Three killed the cycle and stopped the pain from preying on their generation. We didn’t only stop it…

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