We want to be special. We say we want to make it special, whatever it is. Our cultural messages focus on the extraordinary and the more. Dissatisfaction with ourselves can be chronic. It can keep us from being engaged actors for good.  But wait. This is life, the gift of life! Brought forward in a baby and an ordinary story. Ordinary is the soul that gives us power to be the special that we are. And to make the real ordinary difference that lives in each of our hearts and lives. This week is filled with Solstice, Hanukah and Christmas.