Always remember, you’re unique. Just like everybody else.

Isn’t life an amazing thing? There’s almost 7 billion of us, a number too big to really comprehend, plus all the billions who have lived before us, and yet there still isn’t another person who is quite like you. We’re all unique people with unique personalities and characteristics. The variety and spectrum of life just seems to be endless, and it amazes me.

And yet while we’re all unique, we also have so much in common. We’re all on this crazy ride together, trying to negotiate life. And death. There’s so much we don’t know about. Some of us make out like we know all the answers, that we’re in control, but at the end of the day we’re not actually in control of a whole lot. At funerals, we often get a sense that all the things we built up to gain some kind of control over our life have been leveled, as we stand together trying to make sense of things. We all want to be loved, and be happy. No matter what our differences are, we all share a bond, like one big family.

But enough about the hard times. Life also has soaring highs. Amazing highs. Make sure you treasure them, preferably with other “special” people around you.