We are all special.
10 different people can cook tomato rasam with the same ingredients, and each will taste different.
Because each person did something different.
Smashed the tomatoes before tharkaing it.
Fried the tomatoes with skins on.
Pureed the tomatoes.
Sauted the tomatoes till they were brown.
Left the dhal grains whole.
Pureed the dhal.
I remember my friend Mariam saying, when she cooked anything new, she would have multiple recipe books open - with the same recipe - and combine them all.
Isn’t this what most of us do, in one way or another?
I have always believed everyone is creative.
Even those who say they are not, I will observe creativity in at least 4 areas of their lives: the way they dress, the décor of their houses, what they do in their kitchens, and what they do in their gardens.
We are all special.
We are all unique.
Each of us brings something special to the table.
Our own special touch.
This is why we should welcome new and diverse friendships, however brief they are.
Some brief friendships will turn out to be not so brief, after all.
Because friendships are like polar bears.
Some of them will hibernate.
Some of them will hibernate for a long time.
Some of my friendships have hibernated for decades.
But back to uniqueness.
Each of us is special and unique.
But we tell ourselves stories, such as “I have nothing special to offer”, or “everything has been said and done”.
Things are always old.
Things are always new.
Everything that is new is a spin on something old.
Do you know there are over 40 Cinderella movies? The producers didn’t say, “oh, this has already been done before”.
They knew they could create a fresh twist.
Plus technologies have changed, possibilities have expanded.
Whatever you undertake, it will be new.
New to you.
New to all the people who you are doing it for.
New to all the people who are witness to you doing it.
You cannot cross the same river twice.
Don’t tell yourself, “What’s the point of expressing myself? Everything has been expressed, and more eloquently.”
The fact that you are expressing that something will make it different.
Even between 2 people from the same family, there will be different styles and perspectives.
Don’t worry about success.
Just take a chance.
There are no guarantees.
Just opportunities.
And dreams.
And ideas.
Sometimes, they all come together.
We live in a golden time.
For free, we can create a blog.
For free, we can write a post on LinkedIn.
For free, we can share our latest thoughts and creations on X, Facebook, Pinterest, etc.
For free, we can create and post videos on YouTube.
For free, we can write reviews on Yelp or Amazon.
The only price we have to pay is the price of our time, the price of our effort, and the price of our courage.
How many of these opportunities are you using?
Don’t let another day go by without sharing your specialness with the world.
Now go make some rasam.
I know it will have your special touch.
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