A dot falls to the ground

There is a wonderful book written by Max Lucado called “You are Special.” The story is about a young boy who lives in a town where people receive stars of approval and the opposite of stars are dots. Everyone in town is walking around with stars and dots attached to them. The young boy, no matter how much he tried could not receive a star from anyone. His body was filled with dots. In the end of the book, he visited the man who made him and learned that his maker loves him and that the stars and dots mean nothing. As he leaves the maker’s home, one small dot falls off his body onto the ground.


It seems at times that we spend a lifetime seeking the stars but in fact it sets us up for the dots. I would like someday to say the stars don’t matter, but just for today, a dot falls to the ground.