How could you have had such a wonderful life as me if there wasn't a God directing?

It turns out that our notions of what a 'self' is and how it might feel fulfilled have no more objective status than most of the rest of reality. It seems we make ourselves up as we go along.

I saw myself as Joan of Arc.

I grew up in the theater and danced ballet atrociously.

To be part of the creation, I must act humbly. I'll take that over a goddess any day!

Some time ago, I told Larry King that I planned to live to be 102. I still do.

A sense of belonging is a sine qua non of healthy psychological functioning everywhere. Such a sense, beginning in infancy and continuing throughout life, comes about by experiencing mutual empathy; by sensing oneself as part of a whole, which recognizes and accepts that one is a member.