Many people on this forum think I am an idiot for asking a seemingly nonsensical question, but you were very close to what I was trying to get at. If you have dreams or ambitions and life sends you in a completely different direction that you find very unfavorable, you need to work your way back to obtaining your goal. If I want to regain this thing I've never had, I need to reset my eyes upon the goal and everyday make small steps towards it. Life would be so much easier though if we weren't always busy fighting in a war.