I think something that gives life meaning is to discover and live up to one's potential, even with the full knowledge that our potential is almost certainly les

I think something that gives life meaning is to discover and live up to one's potential, even with the full knowledge that our potential is almost certainly less than someone else's. I will probably never write code as well as John Carmack or compose music as well as John Williams, but that doesn't stop me from trying. And it is fulfilling.