You know the rest of this modified phrase, which is commonly given as “suppose they gave a war and nobody came?” but it gets modified to suit new purposes. Well sometimes people come into this world with the same expectations as everybody else, but even though they may not be undesirable folk like tyrants or mass murderers, they go through existence largely unnoticed.
I’d like to take a few minutes to remedy that.
Here’s to you, just because you exist. You may not have come into the best world possible. People made mistakes with you, and you’ve made a few that affected others. Maybe somebody has abused you, or maybe somebody overindulged you. You may have had a cookie cutter education, or maybe the teachers didn’t know why you didn’t “get it.” You may have been married three times or not at all. You may know folks better off or worse off than you. You may be having some trying times right now, or things may be bright and sunny.
Whether you’re the greatest or most despised person alive, you are just that: a person who is alive. Your existence is part of this world as it is right now, and you are being counted. You matter.
Do one thing for me, a lowly existing person: remember that others matter too.
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