My sister bought me a bookmark.

At least, that's what I think it is.

On it is a picture of 2 penguins and beneath them the words

“Some people make the world more special, just by being in it.”

 

My name is Matthew

which is Hebrew for “gift of God”.

That's a hard thing to live up to!

 

It must mean I need to work hard;

I must have to change the world.

I must have to solve everything

and always have the solution;

Like a superhero

who's always there to save the day.

Actually, that would be quite cool.

 

But I'm not.

 

If I'm a “gift of God”

then not being myself

would be robbing the world.

 

But my self isn't perfect.

 

I make mistakes. I get things wrong.

Sometimes I just don't know what to do.

No big solutions or every problem solved.

No cape, just a t shirt

and maybe a few ideas

that may or may not work.

 

We are all “gifts of God”.

 

I'm going to try to solve things when I can,

I'm going to try to be better then I am,

I'm going to try and work as hard as I can

and one day, God willing, I may even change the world.

But until then:

My sister bought me a bookmark

and I'm going to “make the world more special, just by being in it.”