Your family and friends tell you - "You are unique. You are important. You can make a big difference. You are the very meaning of life to me. You are the most important person in my life. Every little thing you do can change the world. We are privileged to be born as human and are closest to God's own image. Never forget, how signficant you are to us all, to the world. You mean the world to me. YOU are SPECIAL."
There are others and nature who tell you - "You are just like everyone else. You are no more important than anyone else. You cannot make a great difference. You are just another person, another living creature. No matter what do you do or accomplish, it will be gone someday wiped out along with this earth and even the sun and the stars. You are small and insignificant in the larger scheme of things. You are a small speck of life on a small little planet in this vast universe, one among a trillion living beings even on this tiny, fragile planet. Get over this hyped up, image and arrogance of self-importance. Get over yourself. Sure, you have a choice to do good or evil as you choose, no one really can stop you, but don't overestimate the impact or importance you have. You will be gone without a trace someday. If anything, you humans are the worst in your arrogance, habits and attitudes. Never forget that YOU are NOT anymore special to me or anyone else, over anyone else or any other creature (most of whom behave better).
Are these two contradictory messages? I don't think so. Both are true at the same time. You mean different things to different people, to different belief systems and to nature itself.
You are special to a few but you are NOT special to the rest of the universe.
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