You have value!

It is so easy to fall into the trap of being who someone else wants you to be.  Or changing based on what you believe society expects you to be.  The truth is that you have something very special to offer this world.  And that something special is the true you!  You are the only one on the planet that can do it.  Our genetics and events in our lives make us truly unique... and uniquely qualified for the purpose at hand.

You make look at your life and think "what do I have to offer?"  I can't answer that for you, only you can.  Have you been through an incredibly intense, harsh, painful experience but come out of it on the other side?  Then you can help someone else come out of their similar experience.  Do you have a gift that allows you to see the beauty and strength in others?  Then call it out of them, watch them blossom and change those around them. 

Whatever your gift, use it.  Whatever your experiences, share them.  Touch those around you as only you can.  Don't listen to those that want to label you a failure, label you as broken or less than.  Instead, grasp hold of that gift of you, rise above, and let it shine.

Much love from me to you!

Numb (official video), by Linkin Park with lyrics below

I'm tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless, lost under the surface
I don't know what you're expecting of me
Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes
Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow

[Chorus]
I've become so numb, I can't feel you there
Become so tired, so much more aware
By becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

Can't you see that you're smothering me?
Holding too tightly, afraid to lose control
'Cause everything that you thought I would be
Has fallen apart right in front of you
Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow
And every second I waste is more than I can take!

[Chorus]

And I know I may end up failing too
But I know you were just like me with someone disappointed in you

[Chorus]

I've become so numb, I can't feel you there
I'm tired of being what you want me to be
I've become so numb, I can't feel you there
I'm tired of being what you want me to be

Songwriters
SHINODA, MIKE / DELSON, BRAD / BENNINGTON, CHESTER CHARLES / BOURDON, ROBERT G. / FARRELL, DAVE / HAHN, JOSEPH