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preach
rip
aspirational
interpretations
prejudices
abandon.
ideologies
doctrines
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incontestable
avid
defender.
insatiable
slick,
cite
viable
complies.
douchebag,
existential
they are not philosophers.
I felt it when I achieved that.
Specialness is the badge of realisation you earn. It may seem very simple to you, but this thinking can change the course of your life. Any achievement dictates you have created or mastered something. This means that not only did you gain in terms of knowledge, but you built habits of discipline, hard work, prioritising and focusing—habits that will serve you in almost all aspects of life.
spite
You need to make it completely clear in your mind that others recognising you, giving you attention, a moment of their time, is not you being treated as somebody special. You translate that into specialness because you hardly ever feel good about yourself.
devised
crippling
the right to feel special must be earned and must only be yours to give.
If you need somebody else to tell you that you are special, then you have not done anything to earn it in your own mind.
Their lives to this day function on the principle that achievements and better performances are means to please those whom they have deemed gods. If they are pleased by me, then I am special.