Kind of, but luck helps too. The things that happen do matter, especially cumulatively. If truly terrible things happen right from the start, and are relentless, then someone less smart/ less good and less patient, with better luck may end up more interesting/successful/kind
You can't always choose the situations you find yourself in, but you control how you react to them. When all is said and done, this is what defines who you are.
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Definitely a Stoic attitude.
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Only if you believe in free will. Otherwise it's up to your DNA and the 'pinball machine' you find yourself in.
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Absolutely! Free will is against the more basic knowledge of how things happen in the whole universe. Believing we have some control in anything we do instead of just automatically responding to inputs is to me like believing God has some responsability in what happens to us...
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If you control your reactions...they are no longer reactions...yet skills/technique...
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Your previous actions change the next situation.
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