Turning Your Daily Struggles Into Un Curso De Milagros

You may think that’s an overstatement. Most people think of Un Curso De Milagros as things that happened in Biblical times. Because we don’t take the time to look at the world around us. And, for some reason, when given a choice we look at life in a negative rather than a positive light.

We all go through challenging times. If we didn’t, there wouldn’t be much point to life. If you seize the moment, the greatest lessons come out of the biggest challenges. My response to hard times is to always give gratitude for what I have, where the alternative is to complain about what I don’t have. But in a really difficult stretch, it becomes harder to find things to have gratitude for.

I often end up feeling grateful for these especially hard times. You realize how many things you simply take for granted during the times when you have to dig deep to find something to be grateful for. If you sit quietly for a moment and just observe the world around you, it doesn’t take long to realize that nearly everything’s a miracle.

Or, if you’re like me and you have a 4 year old, you get daily reminders of the fact that everything’s a miracle. The only real answer I have for many of her constant questions lately is “it’s a miracle.”

I scraped my knee and she wants to know how your body heals itself. It’s a miracle. We planted tiny little ugly brown seeds in an egg carton this spring. How do they grow into the beautiful flowers pictured on the seed package? It’s a miracle. Why does the sun set? Miracle. Why does it snow in the spring? Miracle. Why does my 9 month old cry when I leave the room? Another miracle.