In the passage, select the most appropriate word to fill in blank number 1: "People often say that the stars govern their fate but they forget th...

In the passage, select the most appropriate word to fill in blank number 1: "People often say that the stars govern their fate but they forget the fact that success or failure is the result of one’s own (1)________."

People often say that the stars govern their fate but they forget the fact that success or failure
is the result of one’s own (1). If we sow chaff, we can’t reap grain; and the result or
consequence of an action depends on what one does and to the extent he (2) it. If
we work hard, we succeed only to the extent that we work. People who think that the law of
karma is (3)________ may feel that if one is destined to get something he will always get it
whether he strives for it or not. But experience tells us that reward and punishments are the
direct result of our action. Honesty and hard work never go unrewarded and (4)________ and
evil deeds never go (5)________. In fact even the law of karma, in its proper sense, means
that the fruit we get is decided by whatever actions we did in the past.