Uniquely Unique

"The snow goose need not bathe to make itself white. Neither need you do anything but be yourself." Lao Tzu

One definitely had a crazy sense of humor and fun. The other was definitely more determined. They were Joan and Jane, identical twins I hung out with in high school. At first, they were difficult to tell apart. But after a while, as we got to know them as individuals, it was obvious they were unique, and it became easy to tell them apart every time. Their differences were not simply responses to environment, either. Recent research published in The American Journal of Human Genetics reverses the old idea that identical twins have 100% identical DNA. They do not.

There is no one just like you. Never has been. Never will be. No one can do what you do, just the way you do it. Oh, I suppose if you died tomorrow, someone would take your position at work. Someone might move into your house. Your spouse might eventually remarry. Life would go on, but it would never be the same without you here. You are uniquely unique, a one-of-a-kind person here in this place and time. You touch the world in your own special way, just by being who you are.

Susan