'Fault' means failure to meet a standard. Whose? Mine.

I can not 'make my mark' for all time - those concepts are mutually exclusive. 'Lasting effect' is a self-contradictory term. Meaning does not exist in the future and neither do I. Nothing will have meaning 'ultimately.' Nothing will even mean tomorrow what it did today. Meaning changes with the context. My meaningfulness is here. It is enough that I am of value to someone today. It is enough that I make a difference now.

There is nothing more painful than walking around with bitterness in your heart.

A messy mortal is my friend. Come walk with me in the mud.

To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure reward is in my actions and not from them.

To sing with the voice of angels as we do the work of angels. To laugh with the laugh of Buddha as we go to our awakening. To extend the arms of Jesus to welcome the presence of children and let them climb into our hearts.

It's not that "today is the first day of the rest of my life," but that now is all there is of my life.