"You will have to assert yourself in the future."
^ This was never taught to me at home, school or church. For some reason the culture I was raised in had an overarching theme of carelessness. I had to see for myself that this world is perilous.
Lately I've been hearing talk about what the universal cause of unhappiness is, and from various unrelated sources including Far East and Greek philosophy, the answer comes back as a lack of assertiveness: having a disorganized mind, making compulsive choices, failing to focus an intention. In general it is this:
^ Those who make things happen..................^ Those who things happen to.