It's all up to you

It's your own duty to train yourself,
to be strict with yourself.
It's all up to you.

Whether you're to be good or bad,
to rise or fall,
it's all up to you.

If you don't train yourself,
and just let things follow their course,
who's going to suffer?

You will.

The things we have to practice are all already within us.
So we have to be selective in looking at the heart
to make it firmly centered, within.

-Ajaan Fuang Jotiko, From Listen Well