There's an old statement that, "When the student is ready, the teacher will appear." Many people—I believe mistakenly—think this means that if they work hard and do a lot of practice, some sort of Yoda or Obi-Wan Kenobi will come from nowhere to become their personal instructor.
Well, that may happen, but it is far more likely that the "teacher" will be something else. It may be a book or a movie. It may be one eye-opening statement from a relative or a vagrant you happen to walk by while going to school or work. It may be a sudden, inward realization.
It may be more appropriate to say that what you will receive is a teaching—a concept that only takes a moment to share but