Realize that you are in fact, your own oracle.  As you learn to see inside yourself, you begin to understand that your emotions and actions follow your beliefs, even if it takes time for you to discern physical results.  Change your thoughts and you change your life.

For example, a man told me a story from his life that redefined how he saw himself and his future.  He relayed how one early morning, he was abruptly stopped from going to work by  authorities.  They came to his home, seized property based on suspicion of a crime, and took him off for questioning.  He was released soon after, but the equipment was retained for an extended period until it could be well- examined by "specialists."

During an uncertain waiting period, where his fate hung in the balance, this man's self-doubt intensified. He began to view himself as victim of an uncompassionate society.  His sense of precarious circumstances caused him to question the state of his mind and life, why his sense of stability or happiness often seemed to be thwarted, and how realistic his dreams of personal and professional success really were.  Then, he changed his beliefs.

This story reminds me of the self-questioning on guilt and innocence in The Trial by Franz Kafka.  In that novel, Joseph K. realizes his fate is sealed after a cathedral priest tells him, he must accept things as they are; he cannot fight them. What is important is not whether everything the court says is true; what is important is the action is necessary.

Like this protagonist, we are each invited to discern what our conditions bring to the surface.  You may ask yourself why certain experiences don't seem of your own making.  And then, you realize you have everything to do with lessons brought to your attention.

You may have lost a sense of responsibility for your conscious thought.  Were you taught it doesn't form your life?  As long as you hold a particular conscious belief about yourself,  you'll experience this reality.  Yet, you are not at the mercy of how you thought before.  How you perceive yourself can change.  To change the physical effect, you must change the original self-belief.  To fear new beliefs won't materialize negates their purpose.