Dare To Be Different

Dare to be different; life is so full
Of people who follow the same push-and-pull
Poor, plodding people who, other than name ,
Try to pretend they are exactly the same.

God made us different; there never will be
A replica soul of you or of me.
The charm - the glory of all creation
Rests on this very deviation.

Your charm - your own glory, too,
Lies in being uniquely you -
Lies in being true to your best,
That part of you different from all the rest.

by Helen Lowrie Marshall