Nobodies vs Somebodies

‘I’m just a nobody, doing nothin’, in the middle of nowhere. I don’t know how to do nothin’.

Is that so?  Switch it around and say…

‘I’m a somebody, doing something, in the middle of somewhere. I know how to do something!’

That feels better doesn’t it! Just to hear yourself place some importance on yourself and in your voice… Say it again, “I’m a somebody doing something, in the middle of somewhere. I know how to do something!”

Everybody is a somebody… somebody important enough to have something to do no matter how big (or small) it is. There it is. You think because it is a small something it is not important. Size does not equal importance. Need and value determine importance.

‘It’s only a small tree, not really big enough to plant or do any good. Why waste my time and energy planting it?’ But the little tree grows and soon provides shade for your lawn chair while you drink your morning coffee, or cool off after a busy day. Was it worth it? Was it an important decision?

‘I’m just a mom or dad or son or daughter, solo-mio, nobody important’. But you cook the meals, you bring home the bacon, you help your brothers and sisters, you bring joy at the end of the day by walking in the door – glad to be home! Somebody needs you. You are important to another somebody – even if it’s only one!

On a floody day somebody (a one-body) raked open the street gutter drain since nobody else would. The water went down, the street became clear and everybody could drive through. It was only a nobody doing ‘nothing’ important who turned himself into a somebody with something important to do that opened the path for everybody.

Today I am calling all the nobodies to turn themselves into a somebody and go find something important (remember need/value, not size) and do it!

It’s raining here; I need to check the gutters.