Your habits determine your outcomes.
True freedom is an inward state of being. Once it is attained, no situation in the world can bind one or limit one's freedom.
For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
I believe that people make their own luck by great preparation and good strategy.
There is no right reaction. There is only your reaction.
As you meditate and become more spiritually attuned, you can better discern and recognize the sound of your higher self or the voice of God speaking to you through words, images, and sensations.