Modern Day Miracles

Modern Day Miracles could be more about changing the way you see the world...than it is about super hero feats with flash...

"There are two ways to live your life - one is as though nothing is a miracle, the other is as though everything is a miracle." -- Albert Einstein

I see the world "as is"...AND full of miracles...simple things that we take for granted everyday are really miracles if you take a moment to consider it...

Modern Day Miracles - Fruit Trees

Have you ever walked up to an apple tree...walked around it for a little while...looking for a really nice looking...juicy looking treat?

You walk up to the tree and pick off your favorite apple...maybe you wash it off...or maybe you just shine it up a little bit on your pants leg...

Then you launch into that baby full on...

This piece of fruit will fill you healthy energy, it will clean your teeth and gums and make you more mentally alert than a cup of coffee...

...and it came from a tree that grew out of the ground...

...spontaneously...

...because there was another apple tree whose seed happen to land on this spot...

The system is perfect...the tree wins because if you eat the seed you walk away and provide it's seed a nice warm bed for it's seed to grow...(the tree has a better chance if you happen to be a squirrel on this point...but go with me!)

The whole point for the tree is to move it's seed...it's fruit is just a marketing gift...please have this free fruit!!!

Since there are several fruit options available to animals...each fruit tree does it's best to make great fruit...in order to best spread its seed...

This fruit didn't required to be cooked, and no great intervention or scientific manipulations were involved in preparing this food...

We didn't have to cook it...it's perfect...as is...ready to eat.

That whole process is really a miracle...we don't see it as a miracle any more because we get our food from a store...still the idea is the same...

The earth is a perfect system...a miracle of natural wonder...

Modern Day Miracles - Child birth

I think most people find it easy to see child birth as a modern day miracle...more so than fruit anyway!! :D

If you have a chance to speak to someone that experienced first hand the miracle of a home-child birth, do yourself a favor and buy them dinner and listen to the story...

I have a friend who told me a story of a home birthing she herself experienced with just her in a bath tub at home with her husband...

It was...amazing...

She started by just relaxing in the warm water and allowing the process to unfold...it's pretty natural experience...

When the time came for the baby to come out...she felt like standing up, so she did with a little help...to give the baby a little help of gravity to come out...

Her husband wished he had a catcher's mitt at that point...I just imagined myself in the dad role there waiting for the wind up and the...pitch...it's a baby!!!

Apparently dad can catch...then the miracle continued...

The placenta remained attached to the baby via the umbilical cord for a while...they didn't cut it right away...they allowed the baby to remain connected to the placenta by removing it and wrapping it in a towel and allowing the baby to use up the remaining nutrients.

All the while, mom and baby rested together and started bonding...

OK...when I heard this story...I still don't want to have children of my own...but I would love to go through that experience and help the process along...maybe act as a baby catcher...

Child birth...wherever it happens is a a miracle...and it happens everyday...

Modern Day Miracles - Miracles are Natural

So, just because most people on the planet don't get excited about everyday miracles, doesn't mean you can't take a moment to connect to the miracle that is around you every moment of every day...

The miracle you are waiting for is there waiting for you to notice it...just change your mind about what it looks like...

"Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love. They are performed by those who temporarily have more for those who temporarily have less.