Seriously, I am beginning to believe that I am addicted to internet images that convey big messages in a simple way
Maybe it’s appealing to my inner minimalist, or maybe I really just wish that every book I read was a picture book, either way this latest foray into the world of random internet images is a winner
Feeling significant is believed to be one of the corners of human existence by many sociologists, behavioral therapists, and practically every self help guru with banana hands
As much as I like to go against the mold, I am inclined to agree with the “experts”
Beyond the obvious significance that can be found in the fact that your genetic code is one of a kind (I don’t exactly plan to showcase my DNA to the world, other body appendages being exposed would be more fun), your idea of who you are and what exactly you are all about will never directly coincide with another person
You may have friends, who say that you are just like their friend Mikey, or that if you shaved you grew your hair out you would look just like the guy from Twilight, but the fact remains that you are not these people, you are you
This is a seemingly daunting topic that many people understand but ultimately brush off as, “self help bullshit” and continue to go about their lives in the most systematic way possible
What they don’t realize is that if they started to capitalize on their uniqueness and the abilities that come with it, they could create something amazing that otherwise would have never existed
A new type of career, an invention, a painting, a child, a song
It’s the people who realize that they have something to offer simply because they are significant (even if they have no rationale behind it at all) that make big changes to our planet
Its not as if Gandhi, Wayne Gretzky, MLK Jr, and that badass mofo who lives at the end of your block all have something better going for them than you do
That’s bullshit
You could lead a nonviolent movement and save the damsel in distress if you only realized that you were capable of it
So your on board with this concept, but what the hell should you do with it?
Do whatever you want
Start painting a huge mural, write a poem that will make women jump your bones, travel to Alaska and start a dog sledding company, play every computer game on the planet
Do something that you can own, something you want to do
Because even if someone has done it before, it will never be the same as when you do it
Be significant
Gabriel
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