Don’t Get Erased—You’re Not Irreplaceable


It’s excessive hubris that causes people to consider themselves as irreplaceable.






Get real—you’re not irreplaceable!

Antonio Maurice Daniels

University of Wisconsin-Madison



  1. I think sometimes we feed ourselves these lies to make ourselves feel better. Anyone can be replace, I do truly believe that. Even though we don’t offer the same qualities, someone else will offer something just as special. NAW BUMP THAT! I’m irreplaceable

    1. Lmbo! Okay, Drew, you’re not irreplaceable. Lol! Seriously though, many people have a mindset that people cannot make it without them, as if they are God. For me, this mindset is more than flawed but also sinful. Sometimes we can find another person who has the same qualities as another person, but we have not noticed those qualities in another person because we have reserved those qualities to a particular person because our mind has given them that specific space, as if it is only that person who can demonstrate those qualities. Yes, we have special people in our lives and those special people can be replaced with new special people. As always, Drew, thanks for reading and your response!

  2. Good read but I do believe its not the other person you should be looking at. Look at yourself first, no matter how “horrible” you think a person is being they are only being themselves it’s you with the problem and the person who’s putting up with their actions. So ask yourself what is your self-worth.

    1. Thanks! Many people, including myself, do a tremendous amount of self-examination–many of us do it daily. However, that does not excuse people from acting towards you as if you cannot take a breath without them. Therefore, this article informs folks to no longer associate with people who act like this because truly they don’t have their best interests in mind. This article does not assume that anyone, including myself, is not flawed; it does argue that when people think you need them and cannot make it without them that this is a flaw that one should not tolerate. Thanks for reading and your feedback.

  3. I am VERY irreplaceable! Yes, I said it….he will never find another like African Mami…close, but never quite like me!

    Therefore, to this article I highly submime!

    1. Everyone is replaceable. Although God made you special, He made other people special too. However, the main point of the article is not to allow people in your life to act in a way that demonstrates that you would be nothing without them and that you cannot make it without them. The only person we cannot make it without is God.

  4. hey i liked this read very much! thank you for the reminder, i wish that everyone could get a chance to hear what you are saying. we are definitely all replaceable in relationships, jobs, friendships, you name it! very humbling and very true…
    xx ~ kristina

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