Let's be modest:
You decide on your future - but others define the restraints within which you are able to design your fate.

For instance, one may or may not decide to spend a semester studying abroad. In this case, the financial restraint has been decided upon by the European Union, who provides us with the Erasmus program, financing the trip. In 2004-2008, Erasmus offered more than 10.000 scholarships to students (609 million euro). For those of us without unlimited means, such a scholarship determines whether or not we will study abroad.