Fate and Destiny
"These developments sharpened the realization that one must distinguish between Fate and Destiny.The Proclamations of Enlil, sometimes even Anu, that used to be unquestioned were now subject to the scrutiny of the difference between NAM-a Destiny, like the planetary orbits, whose course had been determined and unchangeable - and NAM.TAR, literally, a destiny that could be bent, broken, changed - which was Fate.Reviewing and recalling the sequence of events, and the apparent parallelism between what had happened on Nibiru and what took place on Earth, Enki and Enlil began to ponder philosophically what indeed was destined and could not have been avoided, and what was just fated as a consequence of right and wrong decisions and free choice. The latter could not be predicted: the former could be - especially all, as the planetary orbits was cyclical; if what was shall be again, if the First Things shall also be the Last Things."
The Last Book of INKI, Zecharia Sitchin, author of the 12th Planet.
As we are sure our destiny is death. What happens after is a matter of speculation. Getting there is a matter of life, how it impacts us and we impact it. Choice the golden carrot dangling out in front of all existence. We do either this or that. We can even change our minds. We can do evil if that is what we chose to value and act on. But all choices do not alter the end result, death, that is. Fate is the expression of choice and your story of your journey to death.