A Season for Miracles

This is the time to dig deep into ourselves and give from the very space that giving was created; our hearts.

A season of thanks is upon us. We all can have something to be thankful for. Some are thankful for food on their tables so that their family and loved ones do not have to go to sleep hungry. Some are happy to have jobs in these uncertain economic times. Others are grateful to have a solid, stable roof over their heads and warm beds to support sweet dreams while they slumber. Thanks are felt towards family members who are there when needed and on standby always. Thanks are offered up to pets who love unconditionally; who sleep on our feet at night and wait by the door, excited for us to come home whether we have been gone five minutes or a week!

We are thankful for troops everywhere, who give us protection without second thought. We thank teachers and mentors and gurus and yogis for unwavering support in our endeavors of self development and growth. We thank our bosses and colleagues, with whom we spend many hours a day, days on end, each year. We give thanks to our children, nieces and nephews, who keep us young at heart. We appreciate kind words when we hear them and try our best to remember to speak them daily. We learn from experience and gain knowledge by watching the goodness that goes on in the world around us.

The miracle that happens each day, is that despite the dark times that plague our society...evil doers, meanness, and acts of hate, despite all of these harsh things, we still feel love and see goodness in people. We still reach a helping hand out when our hands are already full. We dig deep in our coin purse to give our last nickel  to one we know whose need is greater than our own. We allow negative talk to be muffled and let in only sweet words that compliment and raise us higher. We open our ears and hearts and embrace others into our lives. In doing such things, we create community and friendships where before we were separate and strangers.

Miracles are often not as rare as we think, we only have to start recognizing that miracles often masquerade as small kindnesses and they are all around us! I give thanks to you all for the miracles in my life, which you are responsible.