You won’t always get the circumstances you wanted. Plans change. Opportunities disappear. People disappoint you. Life occasionally hands you something completely different from what you expected.

What matters is what you do with what remains.

Use the opportunity in front of you. Appreciate the people who show up. Learn from the experience. Find something useful in the unexpected.

You may not control everything life gives you, but you can decide to make the most of what you’ve been given. 

You won’t always get exactly what you wanted, but you can always decide what you’re going to do with what you have. Make the most of it.