Open the
Miracles
“I keep
my heart and my soul and my spirit open to miracles.”
Patrick
Swayze
When was the last time
you witnessed a miracle? I immediately jump to medical miracles—my
son's surviving that accident a couple of weeks ago comes to mind. He's back at work this week, in brace and boot. I
spoke with my friend, Isie, yesterday about her grandson, who spent
three months in the hospital, some of it in a medically induced coma
with machines keeping him alive. He's now beginning to walk on his
own, and will return to school next month having somehow made up all
the work he missed. Those are big miracles. But there are small
miracles every day that we miss simply because we are not paying
attention.
If you're an early riser,
you know that we've been having the most amazing sunrises. Perhaps
it's a trick of the atmosphere, humidity, cloud layering, but to me
it seems miraculous to see, not just a light pink sky, but deep reds
and oranges and breath-taking lavender rising in the east. My orchids
are summering on the porch, and they express their appreciation by
blooming wide open. I planted the root balls of Flox in the
spring—just literally dug some holes and tossed them in—and now
there is a patchwork of plants figuring out how to make their way to
the light. Little miracles.
Perhaps keeping the
heart, soul and spirit open to miracles is simply optimism, but it
also requires that we pay attention to everyday events. We don't
equate running into an old friend, or meeting someone for the first
time as miraculous, but sometimes those unexpected encounters change
our lives. Sometimes, we meet someone by chance, and in the instant
we meet them know that this person, whom we didn't know existed even
five seconds before, will influence everything we do for the rest of
our lives. That qualifies as a miracle to me.
If we keep our souls
open, if we are present in our bodies in the here and now, if we are
conscious of the beauty and genius of creation, we will encounter
miracles every single day. I hope you encounter one today. Be on the
look-out.
In the Spirit,
Jane
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