paraphrased from my very faulty memory.. but this is what i got out of it:
it’s easy to forget a thing’s uniqueness after a while. you take for granted those qualities that make it lovely and good. and the thing’s uniqueness that’s easiest to forget is often your own, because, well, you live with yourself, you spend the most time with yourself. but you take for granted those very things that make you special, and it sometimes takes an outside person to say “hey” and remind you.
the goal of our time here is to maximize one’s own identity, because after all, there’s only one you out there, and it’s your job to be the best you you can be. so make the most of what makes you unique, make the most of what you can bring to the world, because no one else can do it the way you do. and once you get to that point where you can make the most of yourself, then you’re in this place where you’re at peace with yourself, you realize what you can do, and who you are and what matters and what doesn’t in this world… it’s a beautiful thing.