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Every environment around us, and even living things, changes, and we as well as living things adapt at the changing environment. If one cannot adapt the environment, he or she will fail to survive and fall behind. This way, it is very important for every living thing to adapt and change. Considering these things, transition is not caused by individuals but by environments around them. Because of the change of environment, we changes.
First of all, let’s assume that you rolled a dice, and it would indicate three. If we rolled the same dice again under the perfectly same situation, the dice would indicate three again, too. What do these things imply? In this situation, the situation is same as environment around us, and the dice describes us. The number would indicate the transition we would make. They say that the action, or transition, which is compared as the number indicated by dice, is perfectly controlled by the situation, or environment. In other words, it argues that our actions, involving transition, are perfectly controlled by factors, which is already determined. Therefore, changes in one’s lives are not decided by him or her, but it is rather the result of myriad of factors, whether factors are the environment or one’s characteristic. To be specific, let’s assume that a man decided to commit a crime. There would be many factors which lead him to do so, such as his bad youth, his bad financial situation, and his friends affected him. This way, factors like past things, nature of someone and his present situation will lead him or her to certain action.
Moreover, and more importantly, factors are also determined by other factors. Let’s think about the dice we have had again. There are factors such as air movement, gravity, a degree of strength rolling the dice, and the factors are also affected by other factors. For example, the gravity is the result of the formation of the earth, and even the formation of the sun. The movement of the air is the result of the air pressure, temperature, and so on. This way, factors are the result of other factors, and these other factors are also the result of further other factors. If we trace back from the factors to the factors, we will confront to one factor, whether it is the formation of the universe, or the birth of God, which caused all the happening around us. Therefore, in my opinion, our future is not optional, but already decided.
Yet, even our future are decided, it is obvious that these factors are so diverse and numerous that it is impossible for us to predict them. Thus, it does not indicate that everything will come to you without effort, as your effort is also factor acting on us. If you do no effort because you believe that everything is decided, it will be one of factors and ruin your future. On the other hand, if you don your best and prepare for the future, you will be able to meet better future. And these things depend on how you accept the idea stated in the writing. Finally, it is responsible for us to do our best and prepare for the future, to get better future.