You are made of pure energy, which has become matter. You could have stayed in a pure energy form, but instead you chose to come to Earth and experience yourself in bodily form. In the form of pure light, you could not experience yourself physically and this is what you have chosen to do, as only in this way could you experience your acquired knowledge. Your soul needs this to grow.
YOU have chosen your circumstances in this life (parents, nationality, gender, etc). But, know this – You have many lives and you take many different forms in these lives. Each lifetime you collect more and more knowledge. The only way to grow and collect more knowledge is by choosing a bodily form. Don't ever think you didn't choose your life. How your life progresses from these early basic choices depends on you. As you have total free will, I have no