He took responsibility for his life. His world started to turn after he let go......

From the song 'Time Of My Life' by David Cook:

I’ve been waiting for my dreams
To turn into something I could believe in,
And looking for that magic rainbow,
On the horizon,
I couldn’t see it until I let go,
Gave into love and watched all the bitterness burn,
Now I’m coming alive,
Body and soul,
And feeling my world start to turn.

And I’ll taste every moment
And live it out loud,
I know this is the time,
This is the time
To be more than a name,
Or a face in the crowd,
I know this is the time,
This is the time of my life,
Time of my life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2y_MdbnPLc

Seeing or visualizing the light at the end of a dark tunnel can make a huge difference.....

"I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life. Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have - life itself."
- Walter Anderson

"The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life."
- Brian Tracy

"Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses."
- George Washington Carver

"People duck responsibility for reasons ranging from simple laziness or a fear of failure, through to a sense of feeling overwhelmed by the scale of a problem or a situation.
Whatever the reason, if people fail to take responsibility, they'll fail in their jobs, they'll fail their teams, and they'll fail to grow as individuals."
- Mindtools.com, Helping People Take Responsibility,
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/taking-responsibility.htm

"If you load responsibility on a man unworthy of it he will always betray himself."
- August Heckscher

Idiom: Have broad shoulders
To have the ability to work hard and take on responsibilities and accept criticism (because you are strong with broad shoulders)
Source: http://www.idiomconnection.com/body.html