My friend who I admire believes the future is controlled by our discipline and preparedness and the effort we put into securing what we want from life.
But she is young, probably beautiful, and therefore handicapped by the privilege given to the young who see many doors to what the future holds.
Time will cure that, or perhaps not, but probably so, in any event, I hope her perception works for her, I have seen too much to believe it.
I have walked the stairs of life where the future is not behind limitless doors, but rather windows which get smaller the further up you go, and there are a fewer of them.
So, for my dear friend, I hope the future remains limitless and becomes glorious I felt that way long ago, but capricious fate and destiny make me believe the end was written before the story was published.