Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Wherever you are - be all there.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
Never complain and never explain.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
I hate to play the I-live-in-the-country card, but it really takes all of the 'pack the kids into the car and run from here to there' out of the equation.