Should we let our present situation determine our future?

Many times persons allow the law of society, what others say about them or where they are in life to determine their future. This ought not to be so and I will give you an example from the Bible. In 2 Kings 7 we see a city in a deplorable state, suffering of the greatest and most degrading level were taking place. The focus though is on the four leprous man outside the city, out-cast, rejected, starving, and would seems hopeless. But did they let their current state determine their future? No! They say we will not die here! They saw hope in a hopeless situation, they saw just a gleam of hope and they took it. You too my friend can say I will not die here, I will no longer remain a nobody, I will no longer live according to how others treat or see me, I will no longer believe that I am the ugly duckling, I WILL NOT DIE HERE and even though death or the same treatment is possible on the other side I WILL TAKE MY CHANCES BUT I WILL NOT STAY HERE.