I don't know the word for it in English, but my society and religious beliefs have two concepts of 'destiny', one where it's impossible to change such as death, and the other where human effort can change it like poverty. You can't choose where you were born but you can choose how to live your life, that's the short explanation. The line between which one can be changed can be quite blurry though, since it depends on our knowledge, scientific progress, etc.