This really is the case for me, because I am nobody in particular. I have no grand achievements that will ever be recorded in history by anybody but my own. My education isn't even something to boast about. I don't know or associate with powerful people or celebrities. In short I am nobody in particular.
Recently I have been mulling over different things I have read or heard quoted. The authors generally are well known people who's deeds or work mark them out as some one in particular. People know of them for the exact opposite of the reasons mentioned above, that make me obscure. I like to learn. I think human nature is fascinating. I may or may not agree with what has been said, by persons in particular, but I like to hear what they say none the less. It turns the machinery of my mind which mills the information down to that which is valuable and useful to me. Then it really is enjoyable because it is like finding treasure. It makes me hungry for more. Sometimes though after receiving information from people in particular and the milling has been finished and I find little or nothing of value I begin to think of all the nobodies in particular who have contributed some of the greatest treasure to my collection. The greatest treasures I live by have come from many, dear to me, nobody in particulars. My heart and joy has been shaped by these same. I think the best truths may come from the nobodies in particular out there because they are not famous for any reason and have no necessity to make truth or philosophy for their own profit. So, long live the everyman and no one in particular.
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Amen! I love reading your writing and hearing your thoughts. It's funny because I think all the time about how I am not anybody to most people. Then I remind myself that to Heavenly Father I am Somebody. He knows me and even thinks I'm pretty cool. And then I remind myself that to my family I am Somebody. They know me and think I'm pretty cool to. I love that quote "To the world you may be one person, but to one person you might be the world." but now I'm off on a tangent.
I still wonder how it is that many of the humble housewives I associate with can have so much figured out that still stump some of the big guys. You're right, long live the nobodies!
And by the way, to me you are Somebody! Love ya!
Well said---As usual, I can't help marking the difference the gospel makes in the lives of those who have it. That gives us all the more reason to share it then. And isn't it noteable that the nobody in particulars are easier to love than those who are Somebodies by their own description. I just know that my Somebodies are the world to me.
Dang, well said!
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