To find your true happiness tempt fate to discover your destiny. <br />You must hearken back to when real happiness was known <br />Remember its impact on your life <br />Opportunity knocks, open the door, you will see it coming. <br />You may be surprised to discover fate can mask your destiny. <br /> <br />Your fate and your destiny are not one in the same. <br />Your fate is what you settle for in life. <br />What you take as your life marches on day by day, an obligation to life. <br />Destiny is the gate you find at the end of the path you blaze <br />As you strive to attain life’s goal open the gate and find love, <br />Happiness and contentment; true peace of heart and mind. <br /> <br />Fate may leave you at destiny’s gate at the end of life. <br />Knowing only the travails of your battles to achieve life’s goal <br />Knowing not the sweetness of your victories. <br />The gate may not be open, leaving you empty <br />At the end of life's journey. <br /> <br />The path to your destiny is yours and yours alone <br />Ask yourself whether you wish to settle for your fate or… <br />Tempt your fate and discover the path. <br />The dark side of life; fear and self doubt can blur and cover the path. <br />Not always seen in the clear; hidden in your memory <br />Or on the full plate before you the path is always there. <br /> <br />Those who have known the depth of their love, the strength of their spirit, <br />Will find a guiding light illuminates their path. <br />In these qualities of character you will discover your true self <br />And the key to unlock the gate. <br />You will recognize the guide of your light. <br />The choice is yours, settle for fate or follow the light, <br />Find the key, unlock the gate … discover your destiny.<br /><br />William J. (Skip) Henderson Jr.<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/fate-vs-destiny/
