Life is that way a solitary journey

Trudging along..Life is that way a solitary journey - you meet co-travellers on the way, some come with you for a small distance, some for a longer distance, some come for a much larger distance. Impact of some is very minimal (even if they travel for a much large distance), impact of some is ok, neither here nor there, but with some the impact is quite heavy( even if the togetherness is only for a small distance/time).

Life is like a train journey actually - you do not have control over your compartment, who your neighbours are, your end-station ( means your birth, family in which you are born, your death).

But you have control or choice of how you want to travel between your start and end of the journey - in between the 2 pages written out for you.

You can enjoy the scenery as the train passes through, you can go on top birth and enjoy some sleep, you can curl up and get lost in some interesting book, you can chit-chat and enjoy talks with the co-passengers, you can keep looking out for eating new, new things coming up, you can listen to some nice music, you can just wait for arguments cropping up between any travellers on any subject, enjoying the arguments or even taking sides, poking your nose where it is none of your business, you can incite people for no reason and enjoy the outcome. You can meditate and go into a state of bliss and get away from the Maya-World etc, etc.. There is no end to the possibilities and choices . You can even enjoy a balanced life of having everything in small doses ...

So life is not only destiny , there are choices also. The situation you are in as per Karma is your destiny, but how you take it -   is in your hand - that is you can react or respond positively to make the best of the situation