MIRACLES HAPPEN EVERYDAY ! BE OPEN TO RECEIVE ~LOVE AND BLESSINGS

[Carol Anne Kincaid~Paradis]

Today's affirmation:
I go gently into the world, and radiate kindness.

The world is my country,
all mankind are my brethren,
and to do good is my religion.
- Thomas Paine

What is a miracle? To some, it is an act of God.
To others, something amazing, extraordinary, or unexpected.
To me, Life is a miracle.
Everything that happens is a miracle.
There is no reason for me to exist as I do -
no reason for humanity, the universe, or the laws of Nature.
Energy, mass, gravity and the rest of existence
are all so improbable.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The Reading Angel

It's remarkable how many stories of angels come out of hospital experiences. Maybe not so hard to understand when we realize they are places of sharply focused emotions, prayers, and hope. Reader DBayLorBaby entered the hospital in 1994 with acute pain from "a fibroid tumor the size of a grapefruit" in her uterus. The surgery was successful but more complicated than expected, and her troubles weren't over:

"I was in horrible pain," DBayLorBaby recalls. "The doctor gave me a morphine IV drip, only to find out that I am allergic to morphine. I had an allergic reaction, and so they counteracted with some other meds. I was horrified! I had just had a major surgery, learned that I might not be able to have children in the future and had just suffered an acute drug reaction. That same night they gave me another pain med and I slept soundly for a few hours.

I awoke in the middle of the night. According to the wall clock, it was 2:45. I heard someone speaking and realized someone was at my bedside. It was a young woman with short brown hair and wearing a white hospital staff uniform. She was sitting and reading aloud from the Bible. I said to her, 'Am I alright? Why are you here with me?'

She stopped reading but didn't turn to look at me. She simply said, 'I was sent here to make sure you'd be alright. You are going to be fine. Now you should get some rest and go back to sleep.' She began to read again and I drifted off back to sleep. The next day, I was having my checkup with my doctor and I explained to him what happened during the night before. He looked puzzled and checked my post-surgery reports and notes. He told me that no nurses or doctors were stationed to sit with me the night before. I questioned all of the nurses who cared for me; each said the same, that no nurses or doctors had visited my room that night for anything except to check my vitals. To this day, I believe that I was visited by my guardian angel that night. She was sent to comfort me and assure me that I would be okay. Coincidentally, the time on the clock that night, 2:45 a.m., is the exact time recorded on my birth certificate that I was born!"

Help me understand, O God, that we can't have good 

without bad. Help me remember the joy when grief

strikes my heart. For just as it takes a negative to create a

photograph, it takes dark and light to complete creation.

Therein lies the promise: Darkness is only half of the 

portrait of life.

Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world.
Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak.
Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor,
and your picture begins to lighten up.
- Allen Klein

Let today be a day to take life less seriously. Take the weight of the world off your shoulders. Choose Joy.

MIRACLES HAPPEN EVERYDAY ! BE OPEN TO RECEIVE ~LOVE AND BLESSINGS