This is not me bragging, but somehow trying to inspire others to never doubt themselves:

"You're going to be successful."

I grew up having extremely low self-esteem. I come from a relatively successful family and I was the "dumb child" growing up because my sister had straight A's while I was the one with B's and C's. I was initially a very happy and optimistic child, I try to make up for my lack of "intellectual capability" by having a good character, involved in extra-curricular and being athletic. But somehow when I got to my teenage years, I became extremely unhappy. My mom passed away, I can't get along with my step-mother and I even thought of killing myself because I knew that was the only way to get away from home. I was even okay with the idea of not going to university anymore, I just need to get out.

But despite the shitty life at home, I actually enjoyed my time at school. I got to know some great people and some of my teachers were a huge inspiration to me. I particularly enjoyed English class because I had an amazing teacher. She was just wonderful, she really knows her pedagogical stuff and made all her students felt like they matter. One day, I met with her to ask her to help with application essay for college and we had a conversation about my future plans and etc. And then she randomly said something like: "You're going to be sooo successful. And I'm not bullshitting you cause I've only said this 2 students in my entire teaching career." And I was just so shocked because there was nothing great about me that I could point to as being "successful-worthy." I wasn't going to a super prestigious university, I haven't won any sport medals or save the kids in Africa. But that short conversation has taught me to not define my worthiness from the expected norm, especially from that imposed by my family.

A couple of months after that conversation, I got on a plane armed with a full scholarship (and living expenses/everything paid for) to attend university abroad (I'm from an Asian country where going to the West for university is a "big deal.") I don't think I'm "successful" yet, but that entire episode has taught me to never undermine myself (don't be cocky though, humility is always the key) And I hope that for anyone who reads this and is wondering if they can ever do anything with high impact and be worthy of living, the answer is always yes - you just need to find a way to serve. Also, be appreciative of your teachers.