Picture yourself sitting before an empty canvas in a mostly barren room. There is only one other object in the room besides the chair on which you sit and the easel upon which your canvas rests. That object is a simple sign that sits on the blank wall before you. It reads: "Find a way out." At this point, your mind is racing. "Why am I here? How the hell am I going to get out? So you decide to take action, but the type of action you take determines the type of person you are.

If you're a thinker, like me, you might try to logically map out a plan for escape. However, being as this is a pretty illogical situation, that rules that course of action out. Maybe you're a doer, so you get to work right away. You start punching walls, looking for a possible weak spot. You knock over the chair, the easel, looking for anything you might have missed. Suppose you even lift up the sign on the wall; lo and behold, a small window heralds your escape. You might quite possibly be the artsy type, so instead of worrying about your situation, you opt to draw what you feel. Conveniently, there just happens to be a pencil nestled in your front pocket so you get to work. Magnificent sketches begin to appear on the canvas before you as your pencil works its magic. They are all things that remind you of your captivity, a zoo, a prison, even a kid asleep at his school desk. And suddenly, before your bewildered eyes, the drawings begin to come to life. It's just like a scene out of that old Nickelodeon show, Chalk Zone (I hope you all remember what I'm talking about). So being that you probably shouldn't stay around a zoo and a prison that just came to life, you sketch a door on one of the walls and make your departure.

In the given scenario, there were many different solutions to the problem at hand. The methodology used when approaching the problem will greatly differ depending on the person and how their mind processes information. The common link that humans share when put in this hypothetical situation is that they take action. While there is no defined "right" way of getting out, that is easily recognizable as the goal.

There is no outside force that can help you. You simply have the tools available to you to make your escape. It is up to you to take action to shape the life you live. Are you going to accept entrapment? Or are you going to make your desire to escape a reality? The only higher power that you have to rely on is the one inside your skull. Regardless of what you believe shapes your path in life, the number one culprit is you. It is your actions, your thoughts and the ways in which you interact with your environment. Why attribute your success or failure to a deity? Following that ideology is essentially saying that what you do doesn't matter; it is saying that your actions are insignificant because there is some predetermined path for your life. This could not be further from reality.

Achievements are derived from being your own god. You are the determining factor in the course your life takes. You are the power that will make your success tangible. Look at all the great writers, actors and musicians that you respect. They didn't get where they were by sitting around waiting on a higher power to make their dreams a reality. They took action, they looked at the ways to escape the empty room. They became their own god to shape their lives into what they wanted them to be. And while some may even accredit their success to what they define as god, they were the ones that endeavored to get where they wanted to be.

"No one created our Universe and no one directs our fate." -Stephen Hawking

You are your own god. Put your faith in your ability. Forge your own path to escape that room. You determine your future, not anyone, any god, or anything.