I truly believe that we can overcome any hurdle that lies before us and create the life we want to live. I have seen it happen time and time again.
If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting.
Because too much of my life was spent waiting to be seen. Hoping to be seen, hoping to be picked. Once you realize that you aren't looked at that way any more, other things start to happen and you have to depend on other things to get by.