Clearly，the challenge here is to create and own your own reality. When you begin to live your life understanding that what you make of it is up to you，you are able to design it according to your authentic choices and desires. You will learn lessons here，such as responsibility and limitlessness，which will lead you to the life you were meant to live. These lessons provide you with the essential tools you need in order to take command of your life.
To take responsibility means you admit your accountability and acknowledge your influence and role in the circumstances in which youfind yourself. It means you are answerable for your behavior and you fully accept any consequences created by your actions.
To take responsibility will propel you forward and onward to your greater good. I know of a woman named Mary whose story of personal responsibility has always inspired me. Mary was born in Cuba and moved to Miami with her family when she was two years old. They lived in terrible poverty in a dangerous part of the city，where crime and drugs were part of everyday life. Mary was determined，however，even at the young age of eight，to make something of her life other than follow the expected route of becoming a maid，or a cashier at the local supermarket. So she got herself to school each and every day，sometimes having to step over drunks passed out in the doorway，just so she could get education and give herself a better life.
Mary eventually left Miami，obtained a good education，and fostered her natural music ability. Mary could have given in to the life she was born into，or remained mired in blaming her parents and culture for her circumstances. She could have refused to take responsibility for the situation. Instead，however，Mary took responsibility for herself and created a life of which she can be proud.
Responsibility is a major lesson of adulthood. If you still haven’t learned the lesson of responsibility，it‘s not too late. Remember，life will provide you with plenty of opportunities to get it right.
Limitlessness，the final lesson you must learn is limitlessness，it is the sense that there are no boundaries to what you can become or do. You learn it when you know that your evolution is never-ending and your potential for growth reaches to infinity.
You were born knowing your limitlessness. As you grew and became socialized in this world，however，you might have come to believe thatthere are boundaries that prevent you from reaching the highest levels of spiritual，emotional，or mental evolution. However，boundaries exist only in your mind. When you are able to transcend them，you learn the lesson of limitlessness.
When I was young，I had a teacher who understood the importance of this lesson. She reminded us every day that we could do anything we set our minds to，no matter how impossible it might seem or how strong the opposition is. It is my sincere hope that there is a teacher like Mrs. Carbene in every school around the world，so that our children can know the wonder and power they have within themselves and will strive to access it. In this world，we have countless people who have proven that a person can do whatever he or she strives to do.
世上无难事，只怕有心人。有时你的心态决定你的成败，学会调整心态，才能不想成功。
参考翻译（胡尊艳）
每个人都在创造着自己的现实生活。享有自己的生活是你的绝对权利；然而，人们总是否认自己拥有描绘其生活的能力。他们忽视了这样一个基本的事实：决定我们成功或失败的不是外在条件，而在于我们对自己是否有信心，是否愿意根据自己的最高志向创造生活。
显然，这里的挑战就是创造并掌握自己的生活。当你开始自己生活，明白怎样生活取决于自己时，你就能按照自己真正的选择和意愿设计生活。你会在这里学到一些东西，比如承担责任和潜能无限，他们将带领你走进你想要的生活。他们将给予你掌握自己生活所需要的基本工具。
承担责任意味着承认自己负有责任，并承认对自身所处环境的影响和作用。它意味着你要对自己的行为负责，完全接受由你的行为所造成的一切后果。
承担责任将会促使你不断前进，直到创造更美好的生活。我认识一位叫玛丽的女士，她对自己负责的故事一直鼓舞着我。玛丽出生在古巴，两岁时跟随全家搬到迈阿密。他们生活贫困，住在迈阿密最危险的地区，那里每天都充斥着犯罪和毒品。然而，玛丽在她八岁时就立志要干出一番事业，而不是走人们预期她该走的生活道路--当一个女佣或是当地超市的收银员。于是，她每天准时上学，有时不得不从那些醉倒在家门口的酒鬼身上迈过去，因为只有这样她才能受到教育，过上更好的生活。
玛丽最终离开了迈阿密，受到了良好的教育，发展了自己的音乐天赋。玛丽本应该屈从生来注定的生活，或者深陷于埋怨自己的父母和所属文化。她完全可以拒绝承担任何责任。然而，她对自己负责，并且创造了自己引以为豪的生活。
承担责任是每个成年人的主修课。如果你还没有学会这门课，现在还不晚。记住，生活会给你提供足够多的机会让你学会。
