There are many times when I wondered,
Is there anything special about
my ordinary life?
What's the point of everything?
Where is it all going?
Am I supposed to be doing something That could make my life worthwhile?

WHAT DOES IT MATTER that I live?
Who would even notice?
In a world with seven billion souls, Why would it matter
That I am still alive?

YET YOU TELL ME
That my life matters
And that when I'm gone
I would be terribly missed.

YOU TELL ME
That you see something in me
That you could never see
In a hundred billion souls.

AND SOMEHOW,
When I look into your eyes
I believe you,
And I start to realize
How precious one life can really be.

I DID NO GREAT THING,
I experienced no terrible tragedy,
But you made me feel grateful
For every precious moment
I have been alive.

BECAUSE OF YOU, I HAVE come to believe
And now I know
What wonders there could be
In this blessed and ordinary life.

—Deepa