I remember the “Church Lady” character from SNL asking in a derogatory way, “Well, isn’t that special?”

Her intent was to communicate that whatever she was remarking about wasn’t really special.

I heard The Grasshopper say yesterday, “Special is not who we are but what flows through us.”

How often do we get caught up in thinking that we, personally, are special? The most severe cases of special thinking appear when we witness ourselves or someone else speaking in the third person. For example, Bill Smith saying, “Bill Smith always votes in every election.” Bill thinks he’s special. He’s not, and neither are we.

Special is not who you are or what you do; it’s the creative force that flows through you. Now that’s special!

This doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t take credit for your accomplishment. Please take a bow. Just don’t get caught up in thinking that you’re something special.

Pure and simple, we are a vessel for special.

When we think special rules apply to us, we’re caught up in the caste system of special. It smacks of superiority and leads towards separation rather than inclusion. When we believe we are special, we always have a wedge at the ready to put between us and some unwashed denizen of the planet.

The instant thinking is: “I’m not like them,” which is another way of saying “I’m special.”

The best antidote I ever heard for special came from author, Eckhart Tolle. I’ll paraphrase what he said. “If you don’t think you have anything in common with someone, remember this: In “X” number of years you’ll be total equals; you’ll both be rotting corpses.”

If you truly want to be special, look for the specialness we all have in common.

All the best,

John

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