Even More Miracles?
The day before I walked into the metal door and had to driven to the Emergency Room for stitches, I wondered about a recent bone density scan. I wondered what the results would show and if there might be a possibility of a broken bone during the process of the moving of my stored belongings into the garage in The Villages home where I am now living (THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU GOD for this opportunity, I love living here!).
While I was sitting in the hospital bed waiting to learn if the orbital bone was fractured, I remembered the movie “The Secret” and I started thinking “Thank you for my healing”. I repeated the phrase again and again and when they told me that the CAT scan showed no fracture, I wasn’t really surprised. The doctor had told me how fragile the orbital bone can be. Today I learned that the -1 score from my last test, indicating osteopenia (the beginning of osteoporosis), is now closer to -2, so, for all intents and purposes, IF the bone had been fractured, there would have been a good reason. The fact that it did not fracture, if you ask me, is a miracle.
A few days ago, I met a publisher of an upstart magazine, one which I see in many of the businesses where I’ve been visiting selling my own ad space. I explained to him that I already did my own thing, and that I’m also working with another local free magazine company, but he still wanted to meet with me. Somewhere between then and this evening I thought to myself, “wouldn’t it be cool if I could be paid some amount, in addition to the commission…”, and I let the thought go. Tonight I received a phone call offering me $250 a week in addition to the commission in return for a commitment of my time. I am to give my decision tomorrow. If you ask me, being offered $250 a week in addition to the commission is a miracle.
About 6 weeks ago, I called a friend to see if she was interested in holding skin care (facelift without surgery) and healthy chocolate parties with me…she would do the skin care side and I would promote the healthy chocolate. She’s beautiful, always dressed to the “T” and knows a lot about fashion, make-up, etc. She agreed. But, she didn’t have the money to get into the skin care distributorship… Thankful for my good credit standing, we agreed to hold the parties and to deal with the financial end down the road. We have both had different roads to walk since then and last week I sent the skin care distributor kit back to the company. Tonight she called to share with me that, because of me, she is starting a new business, one which is based on her knack, skill, experience of knowing how to look beautiful. She said that one action led to another action and before she knew it, she’s moving in a direction she hadn’t considered. If you ask me, the events which have happened are a miracle.
Today I turned on the TV to find out about the weather…one of the retention ponds in the backyard is FULL and another one is filling up and, tonight, like last night, the frogs are singing loudly. It’s been totally quiet here for days, no rain, everything dry. But the world is alive (at least in my little corner) with ducks, cranes and other kinds of birds. And frogs. Lots and lots of frogs. I’m even told there is an alligator out in the larger pond beyond the retention ponds. Anyway, I turned on the TV. And the title of the next segment was “Making money in May”…and it was about selling your personal belongings on EBAY. Even told where to go to get the information on how to go about doing just that. One of the reasons I moved everything here to the garage was so that I COULD SELL those things I’m no longer using. One miracle after another.
It’s perspective. Pure and Simple. A few days ago I wrote about making the decision to make my first warm (the person I was calling had sent in an email asking about rates) phone call and was surprised when the person explained that he understood how important advertising is, and that he wanted to buy 3-6 months of advertising. I’ve since met with him and he hasn’t yet bought any advertising, but he has taken steps towards that end. The reason I’m sharing this is that a few days ago I thought it was a miracle that he had been so agreeable when I had made the decision to call him about purchasing advertising. He hasn’t followed through, and the anticipated income didn’t occur, but the elation I felt on the day I called him is still real to me. And, when (IF) I ever tell that story again, about choosing to make the phone call over working on the computer, it will be to reveal the miracle that I experienced that day. Right now, it probably doesn’t appear to be a miracle at all to the reader. I didn’t get the sale, I didn’t pocket the commission. The decision to FEEL ELATED, that was real. It was a miracle.
Recently I’ve felt some lumps, one in my arm, another near my knee. There is a fatty deposit on my side, closer to my back than to the front of my body. Today I was told that my cholesterol is getting higher, the bone density is getting sparser and my hormone levels are very, very low. These are the facts. What do they mean? What will the future hold?
I don’t know. I do know that what appears to be miracles are happening every day. I know that I can say “Thank You God for everything” and I can say “Thank you for my healing”. I can believe that, somehow, it will all be ok. No matter what happens. Or, doesn’t.
