Proactive

     Be aware of the choices you can make as you anticipate your future.  Take responsibility, prepare, initiate, take control when possible, and change when necessary.  Take matters into your own hands instead of waiting for someone or something else to make things happen.  Be courageous and persevere.  Be proactive.
     Of course, we can't and perhaps shouldn't have our own way all the time, but we should consider our own needs as well as the needs of others and be our own advocate.  We should support ourselves and whatever is important to us.
     Beware when you begin to think that some master plan, predestination, or fate is in control.  Thinking that whatever is supposed to happen will happen does not make it true.  Also beware when you believe you have the right to control others.  You do have the right to voice your own opinions and to influence and persuade others.  You also have the right to disagree and say no.
     Not being proactive can cause passivity and dependence.  Certain circumstances beyond our control may require us to depend on others, and other situations may require others to be dependent upon us.  No matter what, we need to honor every person's right including our own to be proactive.