columnist
'Miracles do occur and
magical moments never
cease to amaze.' - Ronnie Muhl
Miracles
B
eck Weathers went through quite an ordeal on
moments so that we can become the miraculous beings
Everest in 1996, where at 8 500 metres he was left
that we are meant to be. It is said that 'a miracle inverts
stranded in a blizzard. After 15 hours of oblivion,
perception which was upside down before'. Perhaps by
he describes that a miracle occurred and says, 'I opened
turning things inside out we can find those magical and
my eyes.' This is what we do every day of o ur lives and
miraculous moments.
most of us do not consider it to be a miracle.
Dr Wayne Dyer said: 'It is a simple procedure to
Miracles occur every moment of the day and yet
calculate the number of seeds in an apple, but who
most of us expect them to reveal themselves with a
amongst us can ever say how many apples are in a seed?'
loud bang and with neon lights. Life is an incredible
And Bill Schul wrote: 'The human mind has simply
miracle, revealing itself with amazing precision and
not evolved to the point where it can totally comprehend
uncompromising perfection. When we consider what goes
anything. It is our lot to be content with trading fragments
on around us all the time, it is a miracle that we wake up
for bigger and better fragments. But the game goes on,
and find ourselves alive at all.
and with it, the dream of discovering more tomorrow.' O
And yet we do, and as a result, we owe it to ourselves
and to the universe to grasp hold of those miraculous
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