Quiet Miracles

If you could have one small, quiet miracle today, what would it be?

- From Grief To Grace, Helen R. Lambin

Many of us are looking for our miracle. We are waiting, hoping, and some of us are praying. What does our miracle look like?

It is different for everyone. Some of us would like a cure, some of us would like a job, some of us would like to not feel the pain of loss. Some of us are hoping that we meet someone who can love us and whom we can love. Some of us are hoping for all of the above or none of the above. Still, many of us want something… something big.

However, in the grand scheme of things many of the big miracles take little miracles to be achieved. It takes one small step at a time, not always huge leaps and bounds. It takes treatment after treatment for the illness. Each time, you can hope that blood counts will be where they need to be or that the dosage keeps things in check. It takes writing up a resume and sending it out. It takes looking online or in the paper to see what is available to find that job. It takes getting through one day at a time to get over loss, whether it is big or small, until the loss is part of your landscape, no longer taking over who you are.

It takes being the person you really are to find your soulmate, “special someone”, or other sickeningly sweet title. It takes the little steps in knowing yourself, where you are headed and who you want to be to find the person who fits you best. The little steps in this? Questioning yourself, digging deeper and discovering what you think life consists of, what you value, is a long process… one which many people don’t start until late in life, after many a failed relationship and many disappointments. Discovering what makes you tick takes little step by little step.

So, the question remains… what do you want today? Granted, a lottery win does sound nice… but that would be a big miracle, not the little kind that helps you get to where you want to go… not the kind you can hope for every single day and possibly, very realistically incur.

What do you ask for? What little miracle would just help you make your way to what you really, deeply and truly want? The miracle is that you keep working toward something instead of standing still. A miracle, by definition, is something extraordinary. There is nothing ordinary in moving ahead instead of deciding “this is as good as it gets” when you know it could be better. Many, many people will spend most, if not all, of their lives stagnant. Not by circumstance but by choice. I do not want you nor I to be the people who have decided to live on a plateau, where only a tornado coming mixes things up a bit.

What small, quiet miracle would you have today?