Joe Abercrombie: "The past is a foreign country, and they don't welcome visitors."

Find balance in your life. Work hard but don’t let work take over your life, you will lose yourself. Love, but love for the right reasons. Life is too short for anything mediocre. Know who you are and know that you are worthy of reaching your dreams and that it is never too late to start creating that life you have always dreamed of. Do not compare yourself to others, that’s just deadly. No two souls are the same. You are your own person, you are beautiful and you are unique. Put your trust in the universe. Some things are just meant to happen, and some are not. Let go of whatever is stealing your happiness, it’s hard but it is worth it. Embrace change. Embrace life.

In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.

You can't force something to happen. You can only drive yourself crazy trying. At some point you just have to let go and let God.