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Today's
Meditation:
Do we misuse the word
"miracle"? Do we limit it to religious
phenomena, to people who aren't us, to things that we know
should never happen but do happen? I think sometimes
that we do limit the word far too much, and like Artur
says, "it's all a miracle."
When we think about how our eyes work, how our ears work,
how we can see and taste and hear and walk all at the same
time. . . how our brains and legs and fingers work, it
really does seem miraculous. When we think about
deer and rivers and cars and computers and snowfall and
thunderstorms, and all the billions of inputs that have to
be just right to make anything occur, they really do seem
miraculous.
Seeing the world as a miraculous place isn't a question of
fooling ourselves into trying to make it better than it
is. Rather, it's a technique that can help us to
gain a healthy perspective and to stop taking things for
granted. When we take things for granted, we lose
our appreciation for them, and they lose their ability to
tap into our sense of awe and wonder, which is a sense
that keeps us seeing the world for what it is: a
wonderful gift to us that continues to contribute to our
lives and our selves for as long as we're here on this
planet.
Can you see life as a miracle? Can you see your
fellow people, your children, your friends and
friendships, the home you live in, as the miracles that
they truly are? Can you live your life from miracle
to miracle-from heated home to functional car on a roadway
that stretches for thousands and thousands of miles if you
want it to?. . . and on and on. See the miracles,
feel them, love them, stand in awe of them, and your life
will suddenly become miraculous itself.
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