We all have lived our lives with the goal, spoken or unspoken, that we could be special in some way, even if it’s just to one special other or to a few people. It certainly can seem innocent enough and even a worthy pursuit. Yet, as with most things we think, the Course has a very different perspective on what we are all up to with our lives in this world. The Course does not ask us to give up our specialness, but it does invite us to look at the thought system that must lie beneath all expressions of our desire to be special, and the painful consequences of making that thought system our guide in navigating our lives in the world. Kenneth takes an in depth look at this central theme of specialness, expressed in all our special love and special hate relationships, taking them back to their source in our desire to be separate and different from God. It is only by becoming aware of the hidden purpose of specialness in our lives that we can give all its expressions a different healing purpose.