The Fish!

Most of us are uncomfartable thinking of ourselves as artists... But each of us is an artist.. With every choice, every day, you are creating a unique work of art. Something that only you can do... The reason wou were born was to leave your own indeliable mark on the world. This is your authenticity... Respect your creative urges... step out in faith... you will discover your choices are as authentic as you are. What is more, you will discover that your life is all it was mean to be: a joyous sonnet of thanksgiving.
Sarah Ban Breathnach's Simple Abundance


Meaning is not something you stumble across, like the answer to a riddle or the prize in a treasure hunt. Meaning is something you build into your life. You build it out of your own past, out of your affections and loyalties, out of the experience of humankind as it is passed on to you, out of your own talent and understanding, out of the things you believe in, out of the things and people you love, out of the values for which you are willing to sacrifice something. The ingredients are there. You are the only one who can put them together into the pattern that will be your life. Let it be a life that has dignity and meaning for you. If it does, then the particular balance of success or failure is of less account.
John Gardner