My entire life is a miracle. And so is yours. That I know for sure. No matter how you came to be—whether you were wanted or "an accident" (as I was labeled for many years)—your being here to read these words is awesome.

Follow your passion; it will lead to your life purpose.

Why are you here? That's the ultimate question that you get to answer with every action, thought, and feeling. There is a calling on your life. What will be your answer? — Oprah

The great American mythologist, author, and philosopher Joseph Campbell once said, "The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

Being here, alive, makes you worthy.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do." —Epictetus

Everybody has a calling. Your real job in life is to figure out why you are here and get about the business of doing it. — Oprah

I know for sure that only by owning who and what you are can you step into the fullness of life.

If you want to be a grocer, or a general, or a politician, or a judge, you will invariably become it; that is your punishment. If you never know what you want to be, if you live what some might call the dynamic life but what I will call the artistic life, if each day you are unsure of who you are and what you know you will never become anything, and that is your reward.

Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.

I hope, Cecily, I shall not offend you if I state quite frankly and openly that you seem to me to be in every way the visible personification of absolute perfection.

I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws.