To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
After a storm comes a calm.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
Leap, and the net will appear.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
As human beings we do change, grow, adapt, perhaps even learn and become wiser.