Insanus medio flumine quaeris aquam.
(Propertius 1.9.16)

pron = ihn-SAH-noos MAY-dee-oh FLOO-mih-neh KWAI-ris AHK-wahm

You insanely seek water in the middle of the river.

Comment: It would be crazy to see a person looking for water in the middle of the river. Surely that person doesn't know water when he sees it.

And then Propertius' words urge me to ask what it is I am looking for?
Do I know it when I see it? Would I? What if I am standing in the middle of what it is I am looking for?

In fact, this is what I am discovering over and over. I am, most often, standing in the middle of what I am looking for. More outrageous? I am what I am looking for. That can be a pretty startling discovery. What if it's true?