What do you want in life? Money, stuff, a lavish life style, a good family, power..? Well what's stopping you? The answer is: yourself. You must better yourself before you can achieve what you truly desire.
But when you do achieve that special thing what are you going to do when you lose that? What are you going to do when you can't ever get that important thing back, whatever it may be.
If you really want something try and achieve it, defend it, and help others to do the same.
Now what I am saying is don't be arrogant and don't let your pride separate you from what is right.
I was born a little tiny boy and raised in terrible conditions, I had abusive parents, and I wasn't the most healthy kid.
After I lost my adoptive dad I was weakened, my adoptive mom had two medical emergencies, I was torn apart by my "friends and family" being the opposite of nice, I stopped caring about everything and turned to awful things to get away from the world. But now I see, I can't just keep being a stupid teenage boy, I have to become a man and stand up for what I believe in and what I care about.
No matter what society throws at us, all of this new stuff, don't give in. All of these people don't care about us and we don't need to be taken down by them, so I say stick with the good traditional things like: courage, bravery, honour, chivalry, brotherhood, good sportsmanship, stoicism, and most of all strength.