"The luckiest people are those who learn early…that it’s essential to
take charge of your own life. That doesn’t mean you don’t accept help,
friendship, love, and leadership – if it’s good leadership – from
others. But it does mean recognizing that ultimately you’re the one who
is responsible for you. No excuses. Don’t blame others. Don’t blame
circumstances. You take charge. And one of the things you take charge
of is your own learning. Life is an endless unfolding, and if we wish
it to be, an endless process of self-discovery, an endless and
unpredictable dialogue between our potentialities and the life
situations in which we find ourselves." John Gardner
