In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
Passage:

Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps ____________ directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Over _________ over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death just before dawn. Why? Because this storm isn’t something that blew in ___________ far away, something that has nothing to do with you. This storm is you. Something ___________ of you. So all you can do is give in to it, step right inside the storm, closing your eyes and plugging up your ears so the sand doesn’t get in, and walk ___________ it, step by step.