Taking my place in society

In my patriarchal blessing it said something about taking my place in society, I have often wondered what that meant, in time this phrase might become clear to me, but for now this is a sliver of how I see this phrase.  This months Visiting Teaching message Strengthening Families through Temporal Self-Reliance, talks about what we can do to help prepare are family and ourselves in today world. I felt that as I work on being self-reliant I will have courage and strength and something to be proud of that will give me confidence to face society