And He thinks I'm so special just the way I am.

This book showed me that other people's opinions do not determine how special I am - what God thinks of me does. Sometimes I still find myself performing for the stars and trying to avoid the dots.

I constantly performed for the stars and felt so down when someone gave me a dot. This story made me realise how much weight I put on other people's opinions of me. She takes Punchinello to the woodcarver who tells him how special he is - and is not determined on the stars and dots or how he performs or fails. One day Punchinello met a Wemmick who had no stars or dots on her, and he becomes friends with her. One particular Wemmick, Punchinello kept getting dots put on him, as he was a little clumsy. Everyday the Wemmicks would give shiny stars to the Wemmicks that did amazing things and gave black dots to Wemimicks that did things wrong.

You Are Special is the story of wooden people called the Wemmicks. I opened it and read it and found myself within the pages of the book. I was 26 years old and found this children's book on the shelf at my friend's house.

You are special lucado