I mean, who wouldn’t, right? Miracles are pretty rare, are they not? I would venture to guess, if you were to poll the average citizen out on the streets of your city, ask them if they’ve ever witnessed a miracle, ninety-nine times out of one hundred the answer would be no. And that one who says yes, well, let’s be kind and say they are speaking metaphorically.
Most of you reading this, if you are being totally honest with me, would admit that you really don’t expect to see a miracle in your lifetime. It’s just not something we think will happen, right? Turning water into wine, or burning bushes which speak, or walking on water, those things are best saved for the readings of ancient tomes and not for the everyday lives we live.
And yet I’m about to help you to see a miracle, right here, right now.
Are you ready?
Go look in a mirror!
There are over eight billion inhabitants of this planet right now. In the history of mankind, there have been, approximately, one-hundred-and-ten-billion humans who have lived on Earth.
But you are the only “you” to have ever existed. There is no one like you. There has never been someone like you. Oh, sure, people talk about doppelgangers, people who look remarkably like someone else, but that is simply surface resemblance and has nothing to do with the entire package of being human. Even twins have differences.
Think about rare things in this world. Gold? Very rare and very expensive because of its rarity. A painting by Rembrandt? Limited in number, very rare indeed, and very expensive because of its rarity.
Tanzanite? White truffles? A pure blue diamond? A billionaire with a conscience? All rare, for sure, but still, there are multiple of each of those.
There is only one of you.
Now, consider this point, one which cannot be disputed. Each of those rare things I mentioned above have great value because of their rarity.
Can you predict what I’m going to say next? Do you see what direction I’m headed in?
If those aforementioned rarities are worth so much, because of their rarity, then what do you suppose your value is, you being one of a kind?
You are, in fact, the rarest “thing” on Earth, one of a kind, never to be seen again, never seen in the past, and yet it is absolutely mind-blowing how many people there are who feel ordinary, who feel they have no worth, who struggle to see one damned good thing about themselves.
I say wake up and smell the Tanzanite!
It truly saddens me that there are those, and I’m talking about millions of people, who feel they are not capable of achieving goals, not capable of achieving great things, not capable of rising above the quagmire and making a difference in this world. They are resigned to mediocrity. They have accepted the status quo of their lives. They are convinced that the universe has transpired against them and there is no way in hell they can accomplish anything of value.
And I say that kind of thinking is not worthy of a miracle!
Go look in a mirror and give this rallying cry some thought as we say hello to 2025, a year filled with your possibilities.
Bill
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