It makes no difference how lowly your sphere in life may be, and no matter how limited your environment, you can build your character if you will. You need no outlay of money, no assistance from those in power, no influence. Character Building must be done alone, and by yourself. The ground must be cleansed of debris, and the structure must be erected stone by stone. It is dull, slow, hard work, especially the preparation.
All preparation is drudgery.
Think of the mass of chaos, which had to slowly shape itself into mighty, green, glad and snow- capped mountains, fertile vales, and noble forests. Each one of us is a little world, whirling alone on an individual orbit, but the divine power is within us, to grow into symmetry, beauty, and perfection if we only realize it. And the happiness of the work, once we begin it, is beyond the power of description. If you are conscious of this growth, let no lack of material success for one moment disturb you. That will come, enough for your need, in time.