Surely God will not change the fate of a people except the people themselves who change what is in themselves (this quotation I take in our scriptures)
All begin with ourselves with ideas or thoughts. Plant ideas, take action. Plant action, quote the habit. Plant habits, take character. Plant your character, pick fate. Starting from the idea embodied in action, then repeated actions will become a habit. Habits performed many times will be transformed into character, and this is the character that ultimately leads us to fate. So our fate, we alone decide the fate, I salute with your story @Jerrybanfield, hopefully your story becomes an experience for us all.