Once my sensei told me:
There's only one thing you truly own and just so happens to be the very first thing these crooks will try to take away from you.
Called "Hope".
Give 'em a chance to snatch it and all the money, and drugs in the world won't save you.
Hold it with a tight grip. Don't you ever lose it.
I hold his words dear to my heart, and they give me hope in my darkest hours.