I've been debating with someone on twitter today about weather or not a person can be special or not. I agree with her that no one is inherently special do to birth right or monetary value, but I disagree that a person can not work to make them self special. I also concede that special, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. SO here, I will try to explain what to me makes a person special.
There are many people that I would consider special to me. A good example would be the people in Japan Who are working in the reactor buildings trying to divert a disaster. They are doing everything they can without regard for their own personal safety to protect the greater population.
Another would be the teacher who spends 6 or 8 or sometimes even more hours a day trying to instill the needed knowledge to or kids while at the same time wondering when they will be the next "spending cut", then goes home and spends another 3 or 4 hours grading papers and preparing for tomorrows class. Many times spending their own money from their steadily shrinking income to make sure their students have the supplies they need to learn.
Their are so many more, firefighters, paramedics, the people of Egypt who were willing to peacefully fight for their freedom, the people of Libya that are willing to die for their freedom even though they have no chance on their own. So many that it's impossible to list them.
No, being rich or having been born into a certain family doesn't to me make a person special. What makes a person special is their willingness to put others before themselves. The desire to make a positive difference in this world. The ability to look at another person regardless of color or background and say you are a human like me and and everyone else and we should all be willing to help one another.
