On Miracles

We think that miracles are rare events - perhaps happening once or twice in a lifetime. 

We might even think that this is an understanding based on data. 

Let's sit and think, shall we? 

When we shave or wax, remember that one stubborn hair that refuses to come out? In a massacre of hair from roots, that one remains ... alive. If not a miracle, what is it? 

The child who stands up to answer the teacher, and suddenly, as soon as s/he stands up, the answer comes to them in a flash... how does that happen? 

The person who gets up in the morning with a song in the head - randomly, boards the bus, and finds the same song is playing - how? 

You crave a dish and miraculously, that dish reaches you. 

The paper goes bad but the marks are good. 

You fall but escape with just a few scrapes. 

You tend to all plants equally, but some blossom, and some wither. Why? 

A child in a house turns out to be a prodigy. 

The truth is, life is full of miracles. Some, we observe. But most others, we take for granted. 

If we think of miracles as rare events, the solution is not to learn spiritual powers. 

It is, my friend, a very simple solution - Observe more. Be more mindful. Be more present. 

And slowly, you will find yourself living on a planet that is full of miracles of all kinds.