In all the world there is nobody like you. Since the beginning of time there has never been another person like you. Nobody has your smile, your eyes, your hair. Nobody owns your handwriting, your voice. YOU'RE SPECIAL. Nobody can paint your brushstrokes. Nobody has your taste for food or music, or dance, or literature or art. Nobody in the universe sees things as you do. In all time,there has never been anyone who laughs in exactly your way and what makes you laugh or cry or think may have a totally different response in another. So- YOU'RE SPECIAL. You're different from any other person who has ever lived in the history of the universe. You are the only one in the whole creation who has your particular set of abilities. Through all eternity, no one will ever talk, think or do exactly like you YOU'RE SPECIAL! You're rare and in all rarity there is enormous value, and because of your great value the need for you to imitate anyone else is absolutely wrong. YOU'RE SPECIAL! And it is no accident you are Please realise that God made you for a special purpose He has a job for you that nobody else can do as well as you can Only one has the unique and right combination of what it takes.That one is you. THAT'S BECAUSE-YOU'RE SPECIAL!. (Author Unknown) I would like to dedicate the above verse to all who are disabled or handicapped in any way. Since I joined the ranks and became a person with a disability following amputation of my left leg I have met many wonderful, brave friends who are coping with whatever affliction that has been dealt to them. They always have a smile on their faces and a song in their hearts. An American author once wrote, "Friendships are fragile things. They require as much care in handling as any other fragile and precious thing" All too often, we tend to take friendships for granted as we go about our daily routine until there comes a crisis or emergency It is then that expressions of thoughtfulness strengthen the bonds and remind us just how precious friendships can be. THE WISH OF A FRIEND. Wherever you dwell may content be your lot And friendships like Ivy encircle your cot May each smiling morning dressed in mantle of peace Shed health o'er your dwelling your blessings increase On your humble abode may these blessings attend It is the wish of my heart It is the wish of a friend. |