A Miracle is…

Looking your greatest fear in the face and laughing at it!

It is not the fear that stops you, but it is the thought behind the fear that stops you everytime.

Love & Miracles To You,

Maggie

I love going on “miracle hunts”! To find them, though, you have to adopt a “miracle mindset”.  The first step is to throw out the belief that miracles are always these huge, bigger than life events that only happen to other people, miracle hunts include all miracles. Next you need to open into a place of wonder and curiosity–be a five year old! Then set your intention to find as many miracles as you can wherever you can.

Start your hunt the minute you wake up in the morning. Marvel at the wonder of your eyes opening up! Take a moment to listen to your heart. Isn’t it miraculous that it continues to beat without your control? Continue all throughout your day to be on the lookout for awe-inspiring moments, situations that totally surprise you, unexpected events that lead to new experiences or connections with others. (HINT: Nature is full of miracles!)

You’ll notice that once you start to hunt for miracles how many will come your way, too. It will astound you! How can you have a bad day when you are focused on miracles?

Wishing you many miracles!

Maggie

“I can see peace instead of this” is one of my “well worn” prayers and a lesson from A Course In Miracles. It’s short, sweet and simple. It instantly grounds me in those moments where life seems to come barreling out of the blue or when it isn’t going as expected—usually the way I think it’s suppose to go! The “pause” button gets hit and I have a moment to reflect. I am faced with a choice–chaos or peace. It’s not always easy to choose peace, so I’ve made a commitment to practice peace whenever I can. Then I’m ready when “life happens”.

Traffic is a great “peace practice” starter. When held up due to construction or accidents choose peace. Put the lid on fuming, take a deep breath and say a quick prayer, express gratitude (you just received an instant break from the rat race), meditate for a moment or send a blessing to everyone on the road.

When I make a choice to see a less than perfect situation from another perspective and change my behavior or attitude around it, I’ll come out feeling more peaceful every time. Life will never come up short on chaotic moments. Isn’t it wonderful that we can change them in an instant with a few simple words and create our very own miracle!

Love & Miracles To You,

Maggie

Letting go has to be one of the most challenging situations we can find ourselves in. Whether we are letting go of an old habit or pattern, a relationship, our stuff, a career, our current living situation, resentments, old ways of thinking, or  grieving the loss of someone close to us, letting go puts us face to face with moving away from a very familiar place—our comfort zone. We are true creatures of habit and we are very attached to our comfort zone!

I’ve let go of many things in my life—some by choice, others not– and one of the most challenging was letting go of my beloved cat last year. Making the decision to put him down due to an incurable illness was a very painful one.

Acts of letting go, though, change us and depending on what they are can open up new opportunities, experiences and often times a sense of freedom and lightness. When we allow ourselves to let go we step into a place full of new understanding, we see life and even ourselves differently.

The challenge comes, of course, with moving beyond the “all powerful gatekeeper”– resistance, but once we transcend this very natural part of the process that’s when the miracles happen!

The miracle of letting go of my cat was a true, very deep understanding that he would always live in my heart and our connection would continue there with the memories. And… with this one act of letting go came another miracle, a new fury, four-legged friend named Milo!

When you are faced with a decision to let go instead of being stopped dead in your tracks by the fear of resistance, see it differently. Choose to see this act of letting go as the opening to miracles. Keep your focus on the possibilities. Have faith, trust that you are being guided and have the strength within you to make it through. Then just watch for the miracles to show up!

 Love & Miracles To You,

Maggie

This winter I had an experience where I didn’t want to get out of bed on a workday. Generally I start my day around seven, but this particular day I was laying there watching the snow fall and feeling mesmerized by all the millions of little white flakes floating down. I did not want to get up! And I had three projects that needed to be completed that day.

 As I lay there in my nice cozy comfy bed I began to hear two voices. One was saying, “Stay in bed and enjoy the freedom of the moment.” The other was saying, “You have to get up and get those projects done by the end of the day or you’ll be way behind then you’ll have to devote even more time to catch up.” One voice sounded very gentle and loving and the other sounded like a taskmaster. I made a decision in that moment to listen to the gentler voice. In fact, I decided to listen to it all day. You’ll never believe what happened.

I rolled out of bed around nine and completely shifted out of my regular routine of spiritual reading, meditation and yoga and turned on the television! (I don’t watch that much television and I never watch it during the day.) I ate breakfast on the couch and stayed in my pajamas. I continued to listen to this soft loving voice as it lead me away from the plans I made to work on my projects and into freedom!

It felt so good, and yet, even though I found myself experiencing moments of guilt, I knew it was the ego voice. I didn’t listen. I kept focused on doing what the gentle voice guided me to do and I began to feel energized and light. There was absolutely nothing pushing me. It became clear to me that this gentle voice was allowing me to let go of control and trust the moment. I have to say, that as awkward as it felt, I knew it was right.

Around two thirty that afternoon I suddenly became really energized about my projects, but the energy felt different. I didn’t feel like anything was pushing or pulling me along. When I opened the computer to write, inspired ideas flowed out of me. It was effortless! My other two projects were also completed in the same joyful and light way and all of three were accomplished by five thirty in time for me to attend my networking meeting! These projects generally take me most of the day.

The lesson…When you feel pushed you wind up tired and lose your joy. Think about it, it takes energy to hurry up; the energy you need to complete your tasks. Keep listening to the soft gentle voice of Spirit and all of your projects will be competed on time and with ease!

 Love & Miracles To You,

Maggie

Have you ever watched, really watched, a toddler who has just discovered that he can put one foot in front of the other and move forward? As you observe even more closely you will notice that when they fall down or discover they can’t walk through chairs or tables or walls they get right back to their mission of walking.

 A toddler doesn’t allow obstacles to stop them! In persevering they realize the other side of the obstacle, the miracle. 

Each step in your life is leading you to more and more miracles. Listen to the toddler within you…

Love & Miracles To You,

Maggie