Too hard on ourselves

IALP · Post by **IALP** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 4:11 am

We are too hard on ourselves, I know I am. God loves us and wants us to to feel his love.
As a teen, my mom typed this on the word processor in full caps, printed it out, cut it into a big heart shape, and left it on my dresser to surprise me. I read it and I cried.

"I'M SPECIAL. IN ALL THE WORLD THERE IS NOBODY LIKE ME.

SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANOTHER PERSON LIKE ME. NOBODY HAS MY SMILE. NOBODY HAS MY EYES, MY HAIR, MY HANDS, MY VOICE. I'M SPECIAL.

IN ALL OF TIME THERE HAS BEEN NO ONE WHO LAUGHS LIKE ME, NO ONE WHO CRIES LIKE ME. AND WHAT MAKES ME LAUGH OR CRY WILL NEVER PROVOKE IDENTICAL LAUGHTER AND TEARS FROM ANYBODY ELSE, EVER...

I'M THE ONLY ONE IN ALL OF CREATION WHO HAS MY SET OF ABILITIES. OH, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOMEBODY WHO IS BETTER AT ONE OF THE THINGS I'M GOOD AT, BUT NO ONE IN THE UNIVERSE CAN REACH THE QUALITY OF MY COMBINATION OF TALENTS, IDEAS, ABILITIES AND FEELINGS.

THROUGH ALL OF ETERNITY NO ONE WILL LOOK, TALK, WALK, THINK OR DO LIKE ME. I'M SPECIAL! I'M RARE!

AND, AS IN ALL RARITY, THERE IS GREAT VALUE. BECAUSE OF MY GREAT VALUE, I NEED NOT ATTEMPT TO IMITATE OTHERS. I WILL ACCEPT - MY DIFFERENCES.

I'M SPECIAL. AND I'M BEGINNING TO REALIZE IT'S NO ACCIDENT THAT I'M SPECIAL. I'M BEGINNING TO SEE THAT GOD MADE ME SPECIAL FOR A VERY SPECIAL PURPOSE. HE MUST HAVE A JOB FOR ME THAT NO ONE ELSE CAN DO AS WELL AS I. OUT OF ALL THE BILLIONS OF APPLICANTS, ONLY ONE IS QUALIFIED, ONLY ONE HAS THE RIGHT COMBINATION OF WHAT IT TAKES.

THAT ONE IS ME. BECAUSE ---I'M SPECIAL!!!!!!!"

Thanks MOM - that was almost 20 years ago (she got it at a conference and does not know who wrote it).

To all our community members -
YOU ARE SPECIAl!
I hope that we all give ourselves more love and less harshness.
Please take care and may heaven smile down upon you, filling you with love this day.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:10 am

IALP
Thank you so much!!:) That is beautiful!!! And yu are very right!!! We all need to think about just how special we are... take care Nelly:)

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:19 pm

This is nice... especially the part about us being created for a very special purpose...

I even think that the illness/disorder will help us to fulfill that special purpose... not that it is good but a necessary ingredient...

"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose." (Rom. 8:28)

Thank you Lord for all of me... the good and the bad ...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:48 pm

AMEN!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:55 pm

what a beautiful thing to share with us. you helped to make my evening peaceful. something i don't always have. thank you and take care