Life doesn't listen to your hopes; it obeys your standards. Stop reading the room and start setting the temperature.

The "Thermostat Law" of psychology suggests that we always regress to our lowest allowable standard. If you are unhappy with your reality, do not look at your dreams; look at what you are tolerating. To change your life, you must stop being a thermometer that reacts to the environment and become the thermostat that controls it.