This is inspiration for when you are feeling down...





          I came across this handout a couple of years ago working on another psych unit and I kept it because I felt it was so good to boost self-esteem. I hope you like it too. I have no idea who the author is, or I would give him/her credit.

          I'm special. In all the world there's nobody like me. Since the beginning of time, there has never been another person like me. Nobody has my smile. Nobody has my nose, my hair, my hands, my voice, I'm special.
          No one can be found who has my handwriting. Nobody anywhere has my tastes - for food, music, or art. No one sees things just like I do.
          In all of time there's been no one who laughs like me, no one who cries like me, and what makes me laugh and cry will never provoke identical laughter and tears from anybody else, ever. No one reacts to any situation just as i would react. I'm special.
          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 combinations of talents, ideas, abilities, and feelings. Like a room full of musical instruments, some may excel alone, but none can match the symphony sound when all are played together. I'm a symphony.
          Through all of eternity no one will ever look, walk, talk, think or do like me. I'm special. I'm rare. And, in all rarity, there is great value. Because of my great rare value, I need not attempt to imitate others. I will accept - yes, celebrate - 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 for a very special purpose. He must have a job for me that no one can do as well as I. Out of 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.




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