Believing in the possible of "impossible" happenings

A thought for today...

I was recently having a lovely dinner with some friends here in the city when we began to talk about ideas or dreams that seem impossible. Now as for me... I have never liked that word. It gets my dander up, as my grandma would say. It rubs me completely the wrong way! I am a great believer in the miraculous. Things which seem as if there is no hope suddenly occurring out of the blue. That's how I love and live my life. It is a constant truth in this business of show that miracles happen everyday. They may be small, they may only affect you on a minute personal level, but they happen every single day. I think most people forget to honor those small miracles. I have tried (but sometimes completely fail) to remember to honor those miracles in my own day to day experiences. It is a challenge. In truth, it is a behavior that must be learned. Practiced. Pounded into your head until it becomes a habit. I'm getting there. I realized that it is when I need to glory in the small things the most that I forget them the most. Instead I look for that BIG miracle. The one that will launch me out of the pool of doubt I seem to be treading in and bring back the glory of the sun! Silly me... small miracles are easier to build upon and create big ones out of!

I've been in a little funk lately. The death of a beloved one has left me floundering a bit. Not that it wasn't expected, but that it occurred at all has affected every aspect of my life. More so than any other loss I have had up til this point in my life. There is a message I have had saved in my voice mail since 2006. I love it so much that I have kept it there to listen to when I need a lift. Most days I just skip over it, taking comfort in the knowledge that it is there. Well every once in a while the voicemail makes you listen to them again to decide if you still want to keep it. It was perhaps the week after the memorial service when his voice came out of my cell phone. The message says, "Hey Shawner, its Grandpa and I was wanting to talk to you to tell you that I love you. But I guess this isn't the right time to do that so I'll just say it here. We were thinking about you and we wanted to tell you that we love you today. Alright. Well love you. Bye bye." I sat there the phone clutched to my ear and cried. Ok... I'm crying now writing it, but to hear the voice of one lost forever to the physical world suddenly saying they love you... well it just makes you realize the even cell phones and voicemail can be miracles.

I think the point of sharing this with you is because I'd forgotten that. I'd forgotten that sometimes the biggest and most powerful miracles can be words spoken in a passing moment. For you, perhaps easily forgotten... but words live on. They lift you up, they make you cry, they give you hope, incite our anger, plead with our souls, soothe our hearts, make us laugh, cut our enemies down, build them back up, make them friends. Words change the world.

Words... Like "Impossible". Yeah... I've come back to it. You knew I would. "Impossible" has inspired more people to go out and create and succeed than possibly any other word in creation. (Except perhaps love) Something about it fires us up and makes us dig down and reach for strength we never knew we had. "I'll show you~!" it makes us say. And in general... We do. We show them. So this is my point... situations which seem "impossible" are really just another example of events that have a great deal to teach us, about ourselves, our dreams, our faith.

One of my favorite quotes goes like this... "If you believe and want it enough... NOTHING is impossible."

So my wish that goes out to you tonight is this... Believe. Want it MORE than enough. More than others think is wise. Then you'll truly find the universe brings situations and events to fruition that never could have occurred otherwise. Believe in possibilities instead. Even the ones that seem ridiculous. Because only we can determine how far we can go. Only we can limit ourselves. No one else has that power.

Believe. Just believe its all possible. I do.
As ever I send you my love.
S.