{"id":7193,"date":"2020-06-26T05:44:27","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T10:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/?p=7193"},"modified":"2020-06-26T05:44:27","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T10:44:27","slug":"youre-special-says-who-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holytrinityweb.com\/weekly\/youre-special-says-who-2\/","title":{"rendered":"You\u2019re special.\u201d . . . Says Who?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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It\u2019s human nature to want to be recognized, set apart, or seen as unique. We take great efforts to insure this happens throughout our life beginning with the very names we give to our children. Names are chosen to honor the child with the memory of some loved one who has gone before them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With our special names we set out to make our mark in\nthe world. As kids we decorate our bikes with streamers\nand flashing lights. We start to develop our own \u201cstyle\u201d.\nThe haircut we get, our favorite color, the shirt we like.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Certain music talks to us. Certain entertainers or sports\nfigures become our heroes. We decorate our homes,\nlockers, offices, all in such a way as to say \u201cthis is me\u201d.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why do we do this? Because we need to be noticed, appreciated. No one has ever existed in earth like you. This is something to be celebrated . . . this wonderful you. Parents, isn\u2019t this your goal with your children? To raise happy, confident young persons who know who they are and what gifts they bring to the world? Of course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But . . . . . . .\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We must be careful here. Why is each human \u201cspecial\u201d?\nIt comes from God making us in His image and from\nthose who pour their love into us (parents, family,\nfriends). To them we are special. As for the world . . . we\nhappen to be just one of what?, six billion human beings\nliving on this earth.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My point is \u201cbeing special\u201d comes from being who God\nmade us to be and from being loved. Everyone needs to\nbe loved. Where things can go wrong is thinking the\nworld owes me love in the form of fun and excitement\nand boundless opportunity . . because \u201cI\u2019m special\u201d.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m afraid we\u2019re raising children in such a way that when\nlife deals disappointment and heartache (and it certainly\ndoes), when the world turns cold and could care less\nabout how unique they are, our young ones feel like\nthey\u2019ve been tricked. \u201cThis is not the world you told me I\nwas entitled to!\u201d\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is hard. The world is not respecting me and my\nplans for life. Don\u2019t they know \u201cI\u2019m special?\u201d\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is where unhappiness happens for millions of people\nin our country. Life just didn\u2019t turn out the way they\nthought. Somehow happiness was just supposed to hap-\npen.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No thought was given to how you deal with failure and\ndisappointment. They are given no concept of life as\n\u201cstruggle\u201d, no resource to deal with life\u2019s setbacks.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what do many do? Some of the options available are:\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Get bitter. Life stinks and my mission in life, my contribution, is to let everyone know how unfair life is. Be a \u201cbitter realist\u201d <\/li>
  2. Blame someone or something else for your problems. It\u2019s the government, the school system, the coach, the current administration, the job market, etc. <\/li>
  3. Drop out. Just stop trying. What\u2019s the use? The world doesn\u2019t care that I\u2019m special, so why should I try? \u201cI didn\u2019t ask to be born.\u201d <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    Parents, grandparents, here\u2019s how you can help. Teach your children that life is real and earnest. It\u2019s not a cake walk. You will teach them everything they need to succeed but only by their efforts will they carve their own path through life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Yes, sometimes life is not fair. But strangely enough it\u2019s in these moments when the wonderful virtue of CHARACTER <\/strong>happens. (The quality that comes when you keep trying in the face of disappointment, when you re- fuse to give in to bitterness and name calling). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Yes, you are special; not because you\u2019re smart or cute or athletic or popular or funny or charming . . . it\u2019s because God made you and put His image in you and wants you to love Him and everybody else till we see God in the \u201cGreat Wow\u201d yet to come. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Oh Summertime ……………. Thank you Lord.\nFr. Tim\n<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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