Cute like yourself..........

Here is the scene: two five-year-olds are playing. One is mimicking the other. The following conversation ensued:

"Don't copy me!"
"But you are so cute"!
"You don't get cute by copying anyone."
"Then how did you get so cute?"
"God made me that way."
"How can I get cute like you"?
"You can't get cute like me. You have to get cute like you. That's the way God works."

Out of the mouth of babes.........

We have been hypnotized into believing that we must make ourselves more like other people to become lovable, while our greatest strength lies in expressing our unique gifts.

----story taken from Dare To Be Yourself by Alan Cohen