You've got to bloom where you are planted...

"I'm too old to be escaping, Rose.  I'm gonna end my life right here.  For now, that means your life is gonna be here.  That leaves you with only one thing to do.  You've got to live as hard as you can where you are.  You have to look deep inside and find out all the things you've got to give to the world, then you've got to give it.  You can't spend all your days looking backward.  And you can't spend all your days looking forward.  It's today that counts, Rose.  You've got to bloom where you are planted.  God's got you planted here for now."  
- Ginny Dye, The Bregdan Chronicles
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