Get back in line.
Don’t stand out.
Who do you think you are?
You’re not special.
Being “special” is only reserved for that select few, that rare breed, the top single percent, right? Isn’t it audacious, narcissistic, conceited and arrogant for someone to believe they’re “special”?
How many people hold back their talent, ability, skills because they think they’re not “special”. A talent that can help themselves, the people around them, bring something beautiful and needed into the world. But they hold back, step back in line, never stepping into who they are and need to become. Because they started believing they weren’t special, thinking special is only for a few people and that wasn’t them, or someone told them or made them think they weren’t special.
Special by definition means not everyone can be special. But everyone is special… wait let me rephrase that, there is something special in everyone. There is a talent, ability that is beautiful, shines, gives light to others, that people need, is generous just by the act of bringing into the world. Sharing it with the world gives the person meaning, a feeling of being rewarded and valued. It’s their “special” talent that makes them feel special, unique and needed.
Special isn’t being special, unique or differentiated from others. What’s special is the person that allows that special thing that’s inside of them (and in everyone) to shine, create, be open and free to share with the world.