There is a destiny that awaits you, one that loves you and is always summoning your heart towards it. Though the idea of destiny suggests a future time and space, it is very much alive and currently present. You are always moving towards it, and yet it is with you even now. It inhabits you always and as you recognize and appreciate your own splendour and wonder of Being, your destiny will light up inside of you, shining bright for all to see.

We all have felt destiny’s deep inner stirring, a mystery, a significance, a destiny yearning for discovery, yet we all too often distract ourselves from this internal call by projecting on to others the destiny that is within our hearts. We begin to look to another in search of a magnificence at which to marvel.

This becomes especially apparent to me during this time of year when TIFF fever takes over my city. Being one of the world’s top film festivals, it is…