Man is the architect of his own destiny-is it????

"If God in his wisdom has brought close,

the day I must die,

That day by water or fire or air,

My feet shall fall in the destined snare,

wherever my road may lie"

These prophetic words clearly specify the helplessness of a man when it comes to facing his destiny.Its said that man is the architect of his own destiny, but the question that arises is: who is the architect who designed man? Who made man so capable that he is calling himself the architect of his destiny? Well it is that supreme power that designed man and rules him and his destiny, his past, present and future.

One may be tempted to say that today in the world of science when man has gone to space,scaled Mount Everest, explored the depths of ocean, saying that man is not the architect of his destiny would be a hilarious joke. But in saying that we forget that many people who in an attempt to explore the space have found themselves buried under deep oceans with their destiny denying them a proper funeral. Those in an attempt to scale the Everest died without bidding a last farewell to their beloved ones. Was this what they had, as an architect designed as their destiny?

The making of the Titanic the ship that wouldn't sink was also being termed as another step towards man mastering his destiny. But the result....everyone knows!!!!

Great empires have fallen, great leaders like Alexander couldn't achieve what they desired, great cultures fell at almost the same time proving how vulnerable and fragile man was in the hands of his destiny.

Shakespeare had said that life is a play and we are the characters and the director of the play is the supreme who pulls out once the role of the character is complete......

Note: this is the first speech that i gave in a inter school competitions,,,my most favorite one indeed!!!!!