: to have necessary or fitting qualifications. We are our own worst critics. We question our credibility, whether we are smart enough, fast enough, have achieved enough. Do we Measure Up? Some people have a plan, follow a path, earn the credentials and get on with their brilliant careers. Others, like me, stumble along, not really knowing the plan. Every once in a while I spin through a turnstile heading in a new direction. Opportunities come up and if you recognize them and have the courage to take a chance, your life can take some interesting detours. My Mom liked to play scrabble, sometimes against herself. My sister saved the last tiles she had in play, the day she passed away. Ten years later, I am thinking about my theme "Measuring Up". The Canary Rockfish print by Joseph R. Tomelleri is my reference to a fisherman's exaggeration. It is also a reference to my years working at the Vancouver Aquarium, in the Education Department. I wasn't a certified teacher and I didn't have a degree in marine biology. If I had gone the route of first of acquiring those credentials, would I have missed the stepping stones that led me to that opportunity? How are we lured in different directions and what is the importance of timing to opportunity? I was amazed that I was able to spell "Measuring Up" using my Mom's scrabble tiles. All except the "M", and she had a blank tile for that. At first I pondered that without an "M", there is no "ME". Was that a message? It's not all about me. Then I thought, "ME" depends upon what you do with the blank.