"Our situation on this earth seems strange. Every one of us appears here involuntary and uninvited for a short stay, without knowing the whys and the wherefore. In our daily lives we only feel that man is here for the sake of others, for those whom we love and for many other beings whose fate is connected with our own."

Words from one of my idols, Albert Einstein, that reflects upon a belief that some of us hold. Eventhought we cannot completely control our destiny, we can still try... And as we venture out into the future, we must not forget the past, for there lies the mistakes that we have made, but we must not allow the past to control our future.

The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created. Created first in the mind and will, created next in activity. The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made, and the activity of making them, changes both the maker and the destination.