Exactly what it sounds like. EVERYTHING! -- Zoe was looking at her like she was trying to tell her something. -- Princess, the possibilities are endless. You don’t need to try to figure out your future. What you need is to have your present as clear as possible so that you will never ever have to worry about what’s to come. You can’t know for certain if in the future you will be with your children or with a man that loves you, or whether you’ll be all alone. But, what you can do today is have a good relationship with your children and allow yourself to love and be loved. You don’t know if you will be rich, but you can work hard today to become so. You don’t know if you will be sick in the future, but you can take care of yourself today to have a healthier life. True power is always in the present. If you learn to see your present clearly, then you will easily predict your future.

Odai looked at her. It seemed like she was beginning to understand.

You have learned so much in your lifetime. You have learned that you don’t have control over everything, but you do have control over yourself. -- Zoe’s voice was sweet, it was almost maternal, it was... The Voice of Life. -- You can’t control whether or not it will rain tomorrow, but you can control your attitude towards the rain or the sun. You can’t control whether your life will be full of happy moments or bitter times, but you can control your disposition, your enthusiasm towards life and your attitude towards failure. That is your power: the control of your attitude. Because attitude, dear Princess, is EVERYTHING. You will have to learn that in life, there are no key people, or key moments or key opportunities. There are only KEY ATTITUDES. Life is full of cycles; you fall out of love, you fall back in love, you lose your job, you get a new job, you win all, you lose all and then you win it all back! Life is full of eternal start overs. Now you know that life is a great adventure. Live it!

So the future is in my hands?

The whole world is in your hands! -- said Zoe, bursting with happiness. -- It has always been there. It was there when you left the tower, it was there when you searched in the forest, it was in The Cave of the Past, and it was in your hands when you lived with the Prince. The future has always been in your hands, and it’s there now, and it will be there tomorrow when you wake up and it will be there in ten years and in twenty. The power, your power to change your attitude and to change your life, is always in the present.