Is it fate or what is it?

Some people walk
straight into success.
Whatever they do
turns out to be right.
They get what they wish
without much effort or fight.

I walked on twisted paths.
A myriad things in life I did.
Nothing turned out to be right.
Whatever I wanted, I never got

Is it fate or what is it?
I never could understand.
Perhaps there’s a Gaussian curve
For payouts in this world.
And I happened to be
On the wrong side of the curve.