We are not special to the universe. We are the artifact of evolution of our solar system, our planet, and our species.

וַיִּיצֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶת-הָאָדָם, עָפָר מִן-הָאֲדָמָה, וַיִּפַּח בְּאַפָּיו, נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים; וַיְהִי הָאָדָם, לְנֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה. 

"Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being." (Genesis 2:7 New International Version)

"That Which Exists formed humanity from the detritus of the planet's surface, breathing into being that which has become and is becoming." (Genesis 2:7 Alternative from the Hebrew)

I entirely agree with the second sentence.  How does that relate to the first sentence?

"Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered."(Matthew 10:29)

Are we privileged?  Are we so loved by God to be preserved from harm?  To be given our heart's desire?

Was Jesus? Was the sparrow?

Each was sold into violence.  Each fell to the ground and died.

Is each photon special?  Each neutron and electron? We give them increasing attention, fascinated by our inability to predict their behavior.

Does unpredictability imply freedom?  Does freedom bestow power?  Is it power that makes special?

Or is it the relationship of this photon with that neutron and those electrons that differentiates, distinguishes, creates specific value, produces an identifiable species?