By Nancy Cruse
I collect inspirational quotes. Just the right words on the right day can make all the difference. On a particularly bad day recently, I ran across this quote:
To the world you may be only one person, but to one person you may be the world.
Just reading that quote turned my day around. I matter and I am on this earth for a reason.
Sadly not everyone realizes they have value. Not everyone can turn their day around by reading a quote.
The Pantagraph recently reported that suicide rates were very high in McLean county. The article published at the end of last year stated: “This week has been especially tragic. Three men took their lives in unrelated incidents within 24 hours between Sunday and Monday and a fourth man died of an apparent suicide on Wednesday.”
A total of 20 suicides occurred in McLean County in 2015 — up from 16 in 2014, according to the coroner’s office.
My message today is directed toward anyone who is feeling like they don’t matter or don’t have a purpose for being alive.
I’m here to tell you do. You do matter. God created you for a reason.
You may be having the worst day ever. Maybe you are under a mountain of debt that you don’t think you can crawl out from under. Maybe your wife has left you. Maybe your boss makes you feel like you can’t do anything right. Maybe the right words today will help you to know that you have worth and value and that God put you on this earth to accomplish something that only you can do. I leave you with this thought:
How cool is it that the same God that created mountains and oceans and galaxies looked at you and thought the world needed one of you too.
You are unique and special. And I for one am glad you are here.
Nancy Cruse has been part of the Bloomington/Normal community for the past almost 30 years. A widow, with five children, along with her late husband was a small business owner in downtown Bloomington. Now employed by State Farm, Nancy is active in the community, writing the Clare House newsletter and maintaining their Facebook page, hosting an annual Fourth of July Food Drive, a team leader and fundraiser for the Pat Nohl Lupus Walk, and a member of Toastmasters International, as well as volunteering in various capacities at Holy Trinity Church and schools. In her spare time, Nancy likes to run, bike, hike, read, sew, and be a vegetarian who occasionally indulges in a Schooners Tenderloin.
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