A young man heard from a fortune teller that he would die young because he had a “short life line” on his palm.
In fear and defiance, he decided to cheat fate: he took a knife and extended his life line – he cut his palm, extending it further.
He believed that in this way he would “force” fate to grant him a longer life. However, the wound bled out, and the young man died.
Precisely because of his attempt to escape his fate.