Do You Believe in Fate or Do You Think We Make Our Own Choices?

I believe in both. There are some things that are meant to be and there are some things we need to put more effort to change. We can change our path of destiny if we work more and strive harder.
 
This is indeed a tricky question, but what I think was that our choices can lead us to certain paths, and then fate can actually take over from there.
 
I still believe that we can make our own choices, but those choices can actually be influenced by certain circumstances and experiences that might be outside of our control.
That's when the fate will take over from whatever choices we have made or the path we choose. No matter the choices we made, fate will still take over them.
 
I believe both play a roll in our lives. Yes you need to put the effort into your life to make it the way you want, however I feel that certain events in our lives are fated. I always say, if things don't go the way you expected, then it just wasn't meant to be.
 
I believe both play a roll in our lives. Yes you need to put the effort into your life to make it the way you want, however I feel that certain events in our lives are fated. I always say, if things don't go the way you expected, then it just wasn't meant to be.
Fate and choices go in the same direction. We can put effort to make things work out for us but my question is this; after putting the efforts and still yet, fate happens. Why was it so?