wearyowl29 said:We can't survive without water, food, or sleep, but we also can't thrive without a little magic. We crave miracles just as much as a thirsty plant craves a drink.
Sure, we could technically stumble through life without ever knowing love or being loved. We could manage to navigate an alienated, lonely world... but the moment we reach out for something miraculous, everything changes. We need them. But why?
Whether it’s overnight healings, sudden spiritual awakenings, undeniable physical signs, saints with a heavenly scent, weeping statues, the sun itself defying physics, the Shroud of Turin, or even a freshly unearthed relic from Noah's Ark—it doesn't really matter what the specific event is. What matters is that they carry that essence of wonder meant specifically for us.
That sense of wonder is pure soul food!
Miracles actually happen—they really do—but they aren't for everyone. One psychologist I know says you have to be truly open to them by maintaining a positive mindset. Honestly, in this day and age, staying positive is a miracle in itself! Looking at life through a hopeful lens and seeking out the good... maybe it sounds a bit naive, but hey, it might just work. Action creates reaction.
Positive thinking plus a belief in miracles equals... well, miracles. Miracles don't have hands, so they can't exactly walk up and turn our doorknobs for us. We have to leave our doors wide open. 😲
I just hope we don't accidentally let something else slip in instead...☕
I mean, how can someone who refuses to believe even expect a miracle to show up?
Miracles have used their own kind of alchemy to turn skeptics into believers; they take root
whenever faith starts to flicker and fade, recruiting a whole new following. You could say miracles are a heavenly flick of a magic wand that transforms our lives—if we let them... 🤷 or perhaps miracles are just the ultimate expression of our longing for proof, a desperate search for meaning... or who knows, maybe it's something else entirely...
What are miracles to us, if not the very thing we thirst for most?
It really depends on what you're praying for...
We all define what counts as a miracle differently...
Our own little miracles, or just
miracles to be, actually say more about who we are than anything else.
Miracles tend to find the people who actually believe in them.
A miracle is when a heroin addict—a guy in his twenties who lost his entire family in some brutal tribal conflicts overseas and only survived because he was tucked against his mother's back as she fell, shielding him in her final moment—finally gets released from his second rehab center, walks straight from the hospital to your workplace, and asks for a hug and some "guidance."
A miracle is when someone reaches out day after day to tell you that instead of
chasing highs, they chose an apple today...
Or when they look at you and ask, "Ms, keep praying for me!"
A miracle is watching someone count down the days until graduation, finally
clean and standing his ground 🙂
There are so many miracles in this world, yet everyone only ever sings about romantic ones. 😕
I went looking for
i believe in Miracles by the Bee Gees, but I ended up finding good old Hot Chocolate instead,
You Sexy Thing 🙏
... which basically mimics our dear striped fashion icon LOL
And he mentions praying for his miracle; if I recall, Errol Brown says it in his song.
Then there's also this track
WE need a Miracle (a tribute to TYPT) — the animation is great.
👍
