From: Zen and the Art of Happiness

"The path that has led to your current condition and situation was not a few days or months in the making, but a long and arduous path that has spanned many years. Actually, it has taken you as long as you've been alive to become the way you are. It has also taken you that long to achieve what you have achieved, to possess what you now possess, and to arrive at your current condition. Your life today is the result of a series of decisions that you made that have caused you to arrive where you are."