There’s a 1 in 70 TRILLION chance of you having the same DNA as someone else and even if you’re an identical twin those same sense will not express the same way. There’s plenty of folks out there that want to tell you that you’re not special. Do you know why? They were told that they weren’t special by someone that mattered to them. It’s that simple. Do you know why that person told them that? Same reason. It’s a long line of hurt that has happened generation after generation. Well I’m here to tell you that I know, without a doubt, that you are special.
When I was in high school there was a substitute teacher named Ms. Chapman. If you walked into class and you saw Ms. Chapman was there you knew how class was going to start. After the bell rang and everyone sat down Ms. Chapman would start with “I just want you all to know that you are all special and you are all somebody”. Pretty much everyone laughed or rolled their eyes or muttered to their friends like teenagers do. I did plenty of times. I’m not sure if any of us understood in that moment what a gift it was for someone to say that to us. Here was a woman that was breaking that long generational chain of hurt one classroom at a time.
I want you to hear those wise words and I ask you to receive them. That’s the hardest part, but I know you can do it. I’m asking you to take just a moment and quiet all those messages inside that you’ve received for so long and just feel the words “You are special”. I know you are. Ms. Chapman knows you are. The Universe knows you are. Out of all the genetic material and life experiences that had to lineup to put you where you are right this moment, there is no doubt that YOU ARE SPECIAL.