We are all Miracles
by Kym on October 18, 2009
Have you ever paused to think about what a miracle it is? Not only to exist, but to exist so well? To be a person who chooses, every day after day after day, to live and be? To love and laugh, to hurt and weep, to struggle and to soar, to remember and be remembered, to fear and ache and yearn. And then, the very next day, to do it all over again?
What a miracle that is.
Every day is a big bundle of uncertainty. We don’t know. We never know. We can plan. We can guess and speculate about what the hours ahead might hold. But we never know. Tomorrow lies ahead of us full of potential. The potential for pain is always, always there. And we know that. We’ve tasted it before. We’ve been there in that moment when the potential morphs into the pain. We’ve felt the actuality of that so many times that it seems to be a foregone conclusion. We know there will be a tomorrow with pain in it. It is one of life’s inevitabilities. We cannot choose to exist without accepting that. And yet we choose.
What a miracle that is.
We know that joy is one of Tomorrow’s potentials. We have tasted that too. Not as often, perhaps. And sometimes our very humanity seems to fight against that acknowledgment. We are too familiar with pain. It is, at times, easier to believe in. We seek joy though. Sometimes in wrong ways that take us down wrong paths to the wrong sorts of tomorrows. Sometimes though, we get it exactly right. And in those moments we teach ourselves to chase after the next tomorrow. We teach ourselves why it is that we live and strive and struggle and suffer. We learn why it is we choose to live each day. We learn what it is to be a miracle.
Joy outweighs the pain. Every time. Every single hoped for tomorrow with its burgeoning potential unfolding before us is worth the uncertainty because of the sweetness of those moments of joy. Those moments when we glimpse what we have the potential to become. Those moments when we recognize the miracle that we and our very existence are.
When we know that we are all miracles, and that there is so much more ahead of us than a mere Tomorrow.
20 comments
This is so beautifully written and so very true.
by Mrs. Organic on October 18, 2009 at 3:12 pm. #
nice kim
by David J. West on October 18, 2009 at 3:18 pm. #
I think that often, the things we choose can keep us detached, skimming along the surface of life instead of really immersing ourselves in it. Thanks for the reminder of the miracle, now I’m off to dive in.
by Heffalump on October 18, 2009 at 3:41 pm. #
Ahhhhh . . . thanks for this.
by InkMom on October 18, 2009 at 4:31 pm. #
And it’s a miracle to see the miracle and share it like you do. I always find little miracles when I come here.
by L.T. Elliot on October 18, 2009 at 5:03 pm. #
You’re so lovely.
And I love that painting.
by Luisa Perkins on October 18, 2009 at 5:22 pm. #
I’m with Luisa. LOVE that painting!!! Beautifully written also!
by One Cluttered Brain on October 18, 2009 at 5:57 pm. #
I love this. I love that we are all miracles.
by Kristina P. on October 18, 2009 at 6:21 pm. #
Can I just be a tiny bit irreverent and say that while it’s easy to look at my children and see the miracles that they are, and even on occasion myself, it’s a huge challenge to look at all the yahoos out there and remember they’re a miracle too? Because it is sometimes; some folks are just plain strange. But you’re right, and I know it.
by Stephanie on October 18, 2009 at 7:33 pm. #
I love your reminder that joy always wins. That life is worth the scary parts. And that we are miracles too.
by charrette on October 18, 2009 at 7:58 pm. #
Can I just copy and paste all the synonyms of “beautiful”? Is that allowed?
You’re right – joy always wins over pain. But it seems that joy comes in moments, while pain is … a lot more than moments.
So maybe not in duration – but INTENSITY? Joy wins every time.
by That Girl on October 18, 2009 at 8:08 pm. #
Beautiful! It is the hope of joy in the future that keeps us going.
by warmchocmilk on October 19, 2009 at 5:10 am. #
Very beautiful! We have had a very difficult weekend but last night as I said my usual thanks for my children (you know, in my prayers), I realized, yet again, that no matter how much pain children bring into your life, it is worth it for all the joy–now and in the future–they bring, as well.
by Heidi Ashworth on October 19, 2009 at 6:28 am. #
Yes. Yes. I love your post. This one, I need to frame. On my bathroom mirror, I think. Good. Good post, good you.
by Becca on October 19, 2009 at 7:27 am. #
Hi Kim, just wanted to pop in and say hi. I’ve been keeping up with your blog and was excited to read that in a few weeks Claira should be here. :) Hang in there. Love and prayers, Elaine
by Elaine on October 19, 2009 at 10:01 am. #
You know I love you? Thanks sweetie.
by Sandra on October 19, 2009 at 4:57 pm. #
This is a beautiful post to start the week with. Far too often I remember the pain and forget the joy. For me, it has focused on my pregnancy. I am quick to complain about the aches, pains, and pure inconveniences of having a belly. Yet, I forget the miracle of life growing in me. I think I should focus on that. It is much more beautiful.
by Ambrosia on October 19, 2009 at 7:09 pm. #
So poetic and so beautiful. I needed that today!
by An Ordinary Mom on October 19, 2009 at 9:47 pm. #
You are so right that our humanity fights against acknowledgment of miracles, or even the potential of them.
I am working on that by taking note of even the smallest evidences of miracles in my life. Thanks, Kim.
by Kazzy on October 20, 2009 at 7:12 am. #
Wow. That was a mindful there…going to have to re-read a couple of times to fully wrap my mind around it.
by Jaina on October 20, 2009 at 4:28 pm. #