"You have to learn how to take care of yourself. No one is going to do it for you. You can wallow in despair with the knowledge that help is not on the way, or you can accept reality as it is and learn how to provide for yourself."

This is the motivational speech I wish I could've heard when I was an adolescent or a young(er) adult. I can only hope that some impressionable youth will stumble upon it.