"If death does something I don't like, I'll be knocking on -his- door next".
I don't believe in fate. I believe in free will. That you can do anything you set your mind to, rather than to trust in an absent deity to "guide you to do the right thing". If you start believing that everything is preset, if you will, that everything is "meant to happen" you might as well not take responsibility for your actions and blame it all on fate, or just not bother trying to better yourself or make something of your life.