As a teenager, my late father and his wife left me at home one Saturday, entrusting me with the care of my younger siblings. What did I do? I locked the door and took my younger brothers to a friend’s house for some fun.
After we had our fill of play, I decided it was time to head back home. As we approached our compound, I noticed a man standing under the teak tree in our yard. My heart started racing. I knew I was in trouble. “There’s going to be a lot of beating today,” I whispered to Deji, my immediate younger brother.
That simple statement sparked an argument.
“That’s not my father, jor.”
“See this boy, you can’t even recognize your father from afar,” I replied, my voice shrinking with fear.
“My father is taller than that,” he added.
His words made me pause. I took a deep breath and reconsidered who I was seeing. “This is my father, isn’t it? His head, his eyes, his shape…,” I thought. Then it hit me—the man wasn’t wearing my father’s clothes.
We both exclaimed with shared relief, “It’s Boda Esan!” We walked into the compound, now fearless, and greeted our uncle.
We had no idea that my father and his stepbrother were so identical.
Yes, it’s true—two or more people can be so alike that it’s hard to tell them apart. I’ve seen a few identical twins like that. But even in cases like this, it doesn’t change the fact that every person is created uniquely. You are unique. There is only one you.
Despite physical similarities, I’ve never seen two people with the same fingerprint or face print. What a wonderful Creator we have!
I’ve seen people do the same things, maybe in similar ways, but never in exactly the same way.
Have you ever taken a moment to reflect on your own uniqueness?
Understanding yourself includes recognizing and embracing what makes you unique.
Who else talks, smiles, writes, chews, sleeps, walks, cries, sits, plays, dances, answers, approaches matters, or thinks exactly like you?
You can’t think of anyone, right?
So, why do you always compare yourself to others? Why do you always want to do things exactly the way Rachel does them? Are you Rachel? Is she you? Of course not.
You are uniquely made by your Creator for a specific purpose. If you try to be like someone else, you risk losing sight of your own purpose.
Do you see yourself as limited, or even disabled? That’s part of who you are, and it’s what makes you different.
The only person who can do what you do, the way you do it, is you. The only person who can achieve what you’ve achieved, the way you’ve achieved it, is you. The only person who can be as silly as you, is you. You can’t change who God, your Creator, has made you to be.
You are uniquely made. Instead of trying to change who you are or be like someone else, embrace your uniqueness and strive to become a better version of yourself.
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