Somewhere in the world a mission is waiting for you—a mission that only you can fulfill. It is waiting for you, counting the days. Since that is the case, you must live, you must keep going until the day you encounter your mission! To shine, you must burn with an inner light, and the fire that produces that inner light is fueled by problems and suffering. The problems of youth are themselves sources of light.

From The Wisdom for Creating Happiness and Peace, part 2, revised edition, pp. 334-35