Control your destiny or somebody else will-Jack Welch

There was once a King and he told his Chief Minister that he believed Destiny was larger and more dominant but the Minister disagreed and devised an experiment to see who was correct.In a large bag, he mixed grains and loose jewels and diamonds. He then securely tied the bag and threw it into a dark room. He next had two men brought forward and locked them up in the dark room for three days. One man sat down in a corner while the other groped about till he found the bag. He tore it open and began eating the grains. Sometimes he would get what he thought, stones and impurities and those he would throw to the corner where the other man sat. After three days the door was opened and in walked the King and the Minister. The King walked to the man in the corner and said triumphantly that the man had jewels in both his hands. Actually what the other man thought to be stones and impurities were gems and the inactive man had collected them. The Minister walked to the active man and opening his fists saw that while in one he had jewels in the other he had grains. The Minister said "This man has eaten for three days and also collected enough jewels. He is healthy, well fed and richer in the bargain too. The man who just waited for destiny to take action is half-starved though he may be holding jewels in both hands."The King had to agree that Destiny is not more dominant than Karma. The starved man could also have been well fed had he taken the pains to find the food. Just like that you may have a rich field. If the farmer tends to it properly, then plants will grow and after harvesting he will sell the produce and buy things from the money. If he left the field as it is, saying it is fertile and rich and will give returns on its own, then it never will. You need to utilize the fertility, work hard to reap the fruits of the gifts and talents talents bestowed upon you. The richness, fertility and creativity have been bestowed through destiny but to make use of them and utilize them, we need to work=karma. There is great potential in each and everyone of us but it will not be of any use to us or others if we do not try to realize it by working to perfect it.