Nothing Special

“I’m nothing special,
I’m nothing special.
You always tell me that I’m,
Nothing special.”

– Symposium, Nothing Special

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“You accept certain unlovely things about yourself and manage to live with them. The atonement for such an acceptance is that you make allowances for others that you cleanse yourself of the sin of self-righteousness.”

Eric Hoffer, Working and Thinking on the Waterfront

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I’m not special.

I’m totally fine with that.

It feels great to not feel special.

Totally ordinary

Low expectations and high freedom.

Keep the ego of righteousness at bay.

Keep an open mind.

No one owes me anything.

Ask for little.

And make the most of what I have.