Blogging is one of those funny new things in the twenty-first century that I am still not sure about (I say that as I begin my fourth blog). Expression is something many of us yearn for and we cannot figure out any other way to be heard or seen, so we turn to the Internet -- probably because we can't seem to find it in our natural daily lives. What a sadness there is to that, but also what a truth. You aren't alone, that is for sure. So this blog is a blog I may do nothing ever with except just write down those random thoughts, words, songs, etc. that pop into my mind and I really want to express but have nowhere else in my life for them.
The name holographic rare popped into my head when I first began thinking about myself and how unique I am. For all of you non-nerdy people out there, in most trading card games (the example I think of first is Pokemon) a card that is holographic rare is worth a lot.
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| An original holographic Vaporeon card |
You would trade a lot of more common cards for it or maybe even pay a specific price for it. Perhaps that sounds a bit egotistical... and maybe it is. But first off, I think we are all holographic rares, we just need to find that mode of expression of our gifts (if we know them already, and if we don't we need to figure them out). Secondly, I am particularly rare in many ways. I have red hair, which immediately puts me in a category of about 2% or so of the world's population. Then we can go to the fact that I have blue eyes and am left-handed. I am also from a biggish family (one of eight children). What else is unique about me? I am melancholic in personality. I am a passionate Catholic, and my roots in faith run deeper than anything else in my life. I am also a scientist -- or, a budding one, at least. I have a B.S. in Biology and teach high school science because I love learning about the world we live in and want to share that with others. I love to write as well, particularly song lyrics (which is about as far as many of them get because I can't play an instrument). I love to run, and play about any and all sports. This list could go on and on, but I digress. I think I have made my point - we may not all think we are the most interesting people in the world, but we all have things about us that are unique and make us our own holographic rare. I challenge you reading this to think about all of the things unique to you; they don't have to be unique in themselves, but unique because you do them or have them as part of you. I think you will be amazed to see how incredibly unique you really are. You will soon see your own personal value and begin to, I believe, like yourself more... or maybe you will just end up seeing that you don’t like who you are and make the decision to change – which is okay too! Either way, hopefully my reflections on my own uniqueness will motivate you to do so with yourself and lead you to see your own intrinsic beauty, both by what has been given to you without asking as well as formed by your own decisions.
