"To define is to limit."
Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.
The best way to measure how much you've grown isn't by inches or the number of laps you can now run around the track, or even your grade point average - though those things are important, to be sure.It's what you've done with your time, how you've chosen to spend your days, and whom you've touched this year. That, to me, is the greatest measure of success.
You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.