Message of the Humming Bird "Always actively seeking the sweetest nectar, they remind us to forever seek out the good in life and the beauty in each day. The prime message of the hummingbird animal totem is: "The sweetest nectar is within!" Hummingbirds are also a reminder of how we expend our own energy." I should start with this: I am not a medical doctor. I am not a doctor of psychiatry. I am not an addiction specialist. I’m just an artist trying to make my way through the ugly phase. As I was laying in my bed wondering why I struggle with creating art I had the thought that my real job in life is to be an uplifter. I attempt to see the beautiful in the ugly. I attempt to work through my own ugly long enough to unfold something of value. I attempt to point out the beautiful in places where someone else can only see the ugly. We are all a work of art in progress. Even after I have managed to create something beautiful I know the lines ...