There's only one problem with the hero's journey, it never included women.

Destiny, I feel, is also a relationship - a play between divine grace and willful self-effort.

Do you think there's any way humans can love each other without complication?

You are still young, so you think only of your own self. You do not notice the tribulations that occur all around you, to other people. Do not protest; it is true. I am not condemning you. I was as selfish as you, when I was your age. It is the custom of the young to be selfish... But someday you will understand that nobody passes through this world without suffering-no matter what you think of them and their supposed good fortune.

Who amongst us lives without sacrifice?

Creativity itself doesn't care at all about results - the only thing it craves is the process. Learn to love the process and let whatever happens next happen, without fussing too much about it. Work like a monk, or a mule, or some other representative metaphor for diligence. Love the work. Destiny will do what it wants with you, regardless.

I will give you the sun and the rain, and if they are not available, I will give you a sun check and a rain check.