There is nothing more unnerving than sitting in a hospital waiting room with the theme music from “Terms of Endearment” playing in the background. (I think someone messed up on the music selection.) As I was waiting to have a CT Scan of my sinuses such music was playing overhead, and – while I was not there for anything serious – I couldn’t help but tear up a little bit. Just as my heart rate began escalating and the palms of my hands went cold and clammy, I heard my name being called by the technician signaling my escape from the depressing mood music. The scan lasted all of two minutes, and I was free to go.
I’m rare…very rare. I guess you could say I am “One In A Million”. I wish it were due to my unique personality and winning smile, or because of some hidden talent that very few people possess. Unfortunately, my claim to fame is far from such an assertion. So, what sets me apart from the rest of the populace? Nasal Polyps Disease. Approximately 2% of the population suffers from these benign intranasal tumors. Of that 2%, the ratio of men to women presenting with this disease is 2 to 1. I’m not certain of the percentage breakdown on that, but it would appear to me that I fall into a very small and rare category of women. Which I believe makes me “One In A Million”.
Usually falling in the category of “One In A Million” would consequently mean, “it’s never going to happen”. For instance, the average person - like you and me - may have a one in a million chance of winning the lottery, or conceiving a baby after the age of sixty or meeting the Queen of England.
In my case, I did in fact win the lottery. The “Nasal Polyposis/Chronic Sinusitis” lottery!
Joking aside, there are many other traits I hold that set me apart from the rest of society. We are all “One In A Million”, if we are willing to open our eyes and receive God’s truth about us. While there is a very small percentage of people that will win the Nobel Peace Prize or climb to the highest peak of Mt. Everest, God’s creativity can be seen in each and every human being on the planet. I know personally that I don’t stop and think about this on a regular basis. I fail to appreciate all that God has designed. I’m so accustomed to looking at the negativity in the world, rather than the beauty and value that each person holds. We are God’s workmanship. We are more than “One In A Million”…we are that one unlike any other one. What a different world this would be if we would all learn to embrace our unique and unparalleled design and see ourselves the way God does.
On the night you were born, the moon smiled with such wonder that the stars peeked in to see you and the night wind whispered, “Life will never be the same.”
Because there had never been anyone like you…ever in the world…
…You are the one and only ever you…
For never before in story or rhyme (not even once upon a time) has the world ever known a you, my friend, and it never will, not ever again…
Heaven blew every trumpet and played every horn on the wonderful, marvelous night you were born.
…Wonderful…Marvelous…You…
- Excerpt from “On The Night You Were Born” by Nancy Tillman
You ARE "One In a Million"!