Technology without ethics is just faster digging.
Everyone can be taught to sculpt: Michelangelo would have had to be taught not to. So it is with great programmers.
I'm not a person who likes to lose.
Technology in forestry should serve nature, not conquer it.
Skills and confidence are an unbeatable weapon.
The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive. You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity. Such knowledge is a true gift, for all that it is painfully won, and it has been worth more than any qualification I ever earned.