Ordinary Can Be Extraordinary
I’m sharing one of my favorite viral reels today ...if you haven’t seen it yet, please go watch it (link below).
It features the sweetest little British boy named Milo, excitedly telling his mom about the role he got in his Christmas pageant. She starts guessing the classics:
Joseph? A wise man? A shepherd?
Nope. None of the above.
With pure pride and joy, Milo announces his role:
Door Holder Number Three.
His job? Holding the doors open for Mary and Joseph.
His energy? Absolutely electric.
When his mom asks if he’s excited, he says something like:
“I was like YES - get in there! Let’s go!”
And honestly? It stopped me in my tracks.
Because here’s the thing:
Door Holder Number Three IS an essential role. The story doesn’t move forward without him.
And yet, how often do we tell ourselves that something doesn’t matter because:
We’re not the main character
We didn’t get the big role
We weren’t chosen first
We didn’t get exactly what we wanted
We label moments as ordinary… when in reality, it’s how we approach the moment that makes it extraordinary.
I was recently talking with my friend and fellow keynote speaker, Diana Kander, about one of her own Door Holder Number Three moments. She wasn’t selected to deliver a keynote at an event she really wanted. Instead, she was offered a spot on a panel.
She could’ve passed on the opportunity.
She could’ve played small.
She could’ve treated it as “less than.”
But she didn’t.
She prepared for that panel like it was a keynote and decided she was going to make it the best damn panel she’d ever been part of.
And guess what happened?
Someone in the audience saw her, felt her presence, and later booked her for a full-fee keynote.
Her Door Holder Number Three Moment… led to something bigger.
But here’s the part that really stayed with me:
Sometimes, being Door Holder Number Three is exactly where we’re meant to be. It's who we came to be.
Not to dim our light - but to shine it on others.
To create space.
To let someone else stand fully in their power and presence.
Because being in the spotlight isn’t always where we grow or learn the most. Some of our greatest growth happens when we’re supporting, elevating, and celebrating others ...when we’re confident enough to know that lifting someone else up never takes anything away from us.
That’s why I truly believe there is enough success for all of us.
Enough opportunity.
Enough impact.
Enough room to shine.
If you’re not familiar with Diana, go check her out. She inspires me, challenges my thinking, and reminds me to be who I came to be - especially in moments when the role looks smaller than we hoped. And she's had some of the most EPIC butterfly goals ever.
So I’ll leave you with this question as we head into the holidays:
What’s your Door Holder Number Three moment right now?
And how could you make it extraordinary anyway?
Because sometimes… holding the door is the moment.
Be who you came to be.
Love will guide you.
