Do You Keep Track of Your Miracles?

Unique Perspectives: Do You Keep Track of Your Miracles?

By Kim Stevens

I love that Albert Einstein quote: “There are only two ways to live your life. One as though nothing is a miracle. The other as though everything is a miracle.” 

For me, I’m an everything-is-a-miracle kind of person. It’s how I live my life. But I don’t just believe everything is a miracle, I also believe in tracking the miraculous things that happen every day. 

In my everything-is-a-miracle world, miracles occur all around me: 

• I needed an office manager because my current office manager was going to retire. I’d advertised the job opening and interviewed many people, but no candidate was “The One." Then I was at the grocery store when the thought came to me that my friend Milly would be perfect. No, I thought. She already has a job … although why not give her a call and throw it out there? To my surprise and delight, Milly accepted the position. I don't have words to express what a blessing and gift she has been to my company. She is my right hand, my steadfast go-to. Everything is better because she’s part of our team.

  
  

• I went to look at a house for my son. We walked in and I knew – I KNEW! – this was my home. All the things I wanted to fix at my current house, this house already had. The Universe gave me a house beyond my wildest dreams and I wasn't even looking!

  
  

• I was going through an extremely tough time in my life and making some really big changes, internally and externally. During this time, I was driving down the street when I saw a bald eagle standing in the road. It was gigantic! The majestic creature took flight just as I spotted it, flying right in front of my windshield! Its big white tail was flapping in front of my eyes. Its huge wings seemed to be moving in slow motion. It willed me forward, and I followed it for what felt like minutes. It was exhilarating! At that moment I knew that I would be OK. I didn't know if "things" would be OK, but I knew without a doubt no matter how "things" went, I would be OK.

Those are examples of personal miracles and I keep track of them as they unfold. Literally. I’m talking about getting a piece of paper or opening up the Notes app on my phone and documenting every single miracle that happens to me. It was an exercise I was given years ago and it allows me to write down and think about all the miracles and magic in my daily life, especially if they arrived during a bleak time. 

When I look at this list, I don’t see the doom-and-gloom moments. I see only one thing: hope. And this hope gets me to a higher level of thought, unburdened from the “What’ll happen if”s or the “what might happen when”s or the “I need to worry about that”s. 

Tracking miracles means I stop living life on the defense. I’m now firmly on the offense, writing down miracles and in doing so, understanding that there is a way. Even in my darkest hour, though I might not be able to see it yet, my list of miracles shows me something bright is on the horizon. Why? Because I’ve tracked my miracles, and if they happened once before, I know they’ll happen once again.