Not just different but meaningfully different
Nigel Hollis
For many years, a smooth green stone has sat on my desk. It's a piece of serpentine that I was given when, as a small child, I visited an artist's workshop in Scotland. Truthfully, it's a pretty unremarkable rock, and I doubt that anyone else would find it interesting, but it means something to me.
You may have some trinket or memento on your desk as well—something that doesn't have any practical purpose and appears insignificant to others, but is meaningful to you. Your unique history with the object makes it special....