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“We love the pending future for its mystery, anticipation, and endless possibilities. But remember, how the future unravels is largely an up-to-you thing. It is your attitude, your choices, your habits, your work efforts, your companions, your values, your faith, your resolve, and your diligence that shape your future.”

“We humans are conflicted beings. Our beliefs don’t always harmonize with our instincts, and our behavior doesn’t always reflect our beliefs. We constantly struggle with right and wrong. We wage war between the person we are and the person we hope to become. We have a lot of practice wrestling with ourselves. As a result, compared to nonmagical creatures, we humans are much more able to suppress our natural inclinations in order to deliberately choose our identities.”