Miracles are all around us. Sometimes we don’t notice the every-day occurrences of beauty, joy, compassion, or peace. It might be even rarer to acknowledge the hand of fate/the universe/the divine in a situation. I thought of this blog title earlier in the week when, after twelve months, countless hours of work, starts and stops, one snag after another, the anthology is finally published. There is one piece still not settled, but I have a solution for it. If customer support doesn’t resolve the issue, I’ll delete the ebook from their platform. That way I don’t have to see that one piece that never worked out every time I log in. And I’m fine with that decision.
But two other miracles (besides all the ones I write about in my gratitude journal) have left me will a quiet awe and so much gratefulness that my heart swells with it. Both incidents involved me, but the resolution is attributed to something bigger than me. It reminds me to be careful what I might assume is “fine” but can change irrevocably. It has given me a lightness, a blessing, one that is acknowledged and will influence the future in a positive way. These happenings I don’t take for granted. Take a moment to breathe, to look around you, to notice how you feel, what you have, what your senses tell you. How much of that input are miracles? How much isn’t noticed or acknowledged?
Next week I’ll share information about the anthology. This week, I’ll share another daily happening that I appreciate and find joy in. My two friends and I are at day 33 in the 61 day Index-Card-A-Day challenge (daisyyellow.com). I’m pleased that I’ve written a micro fiction story every day. I’ve marked day 62 on my calendar. I know what I want to do to continue this writing practice. I think if I jump in to one of the many projects in my queue, this daily writing habit won’t last. So I’m putting up boundaries, at least to start. Writing about 425 words (shrunk down to 6.5 point font to fit on a 2×3 index card) takes me about 30 minutes, from start to finish, which is taking a picture and texting the group. Instead of writing in a spiral first, I’m typing directly into Word. This isn’t how I usually produce my writing. but it gives me a word count so I don’t get carried away with the story and the characters. During an interview, I think it was The Beatles who said creativity expands not with no limits, but when limits are in place.
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