I believe in miracles—or at least I say I do.
Belief is defined as the “confidence in the truth or
existence of something not immediately susceptible to rigorous proof; trust;
faith.”
Miracle is defined as “an effector extraordinary event in
the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is
ascribed to a supernatural cause; a wonder or marvel.”
When I’m down (which usually means I’m not getting what I
want, if I’m honest), I try to inundate myself with things that make me feel
good. My ‘go-tos’ are usually music and movies—or movie clips, certain scenes I
already know, that I know make me feel good. Sometimes I’ll venture out and
watch a movie I’ve never seen, as long as I know ahead of time it has a happy
ending.
I’d been very thankful that it’s Christmastime; I consider
Christmas music to be the happiest music around. There is nothing like a song
to comfort you, to lift you up, to say, “I feel the same way,” but I haven’t been
able to listen to my own music; right now, I don’t want commiseration. Right
now I want to be happy. (I do know that’s my choice.) So, it’s Christmas music
and movie time. During the holiday season there is no shortage of feel-good
flicks, thank God. I think I’ve DVRd all of them and have probably watched more
movies late-night than the total of all the TV I’ve watched in two years. And I
sit there, believing throughout the whole film that everything is going to work
out right. Yes, I know they are scripted that way—what I’m saying is that I’m
not even the least bit cynical, and I believe the happy endings are ‘right’ and
I can go to bed with a stupid little grin on my face while wiping the happy tears
off my cheeks.
I do believe in miracles. I look for them and I see them happen
all of the time. My problem is that apparently my belief is that they happen
around me and not necessarily to me. It must be that, because if I believed
they happened to me, I wouldn’t worry or be unhappy about anything, right?
Because I would know. So I question
myself and test my own beliefs—or gauge where they are. Delving further, I wonder
whether or not it’s really my beliefs that are in question—it could be my
trust; my trust in the knowing that everything is unfolding as it should. Or
worse than that. Maybe my trust issue is not a matter of trust, but control. Maybe I don’t believe things
will work out for the best or better, because I think what I want is what’s right and what should be, and if I don’t have what
I want then things won’t work out. Which means things are even worse than I
thought. Because what I have is not an issue of trust; it’s a matter of ego. One thing I do believe is that
there are things that are out of our control, and the only thing any of us
really have control of is ourselves: our hopes, dreams, actions and reactions.
I don’t just believe this; I know it.
So I guess I have an ego problem.
Fuck.
Because this all brings me back to my two favorite fucking
words:
Acceptance and patience.
(I think I’m screwed.)
I once wrote that I felt it was time that the Universe just
crossed me off and declared me “unteachable” in that. I mean, really, I have no
fucking idea what it’s going to take for me to learn either—and I’ve been given
some pretty harsh lessons lately.
It’s not like I don’t understand the concept. My last ‘lesson’—before
I found out it was just a lesson—started off as something that looked to me
like I had finally learned the idea of ‘letting things happen’ and that I was
reaping the rewards, that I got my ‘miracle.’ But I was wr… wr…
—I was
mistaken.
My reaction to this has been this whole leading up to the questioning
of my beliefs which, it turns out, has to do with my ego and control. I’m not
getting what I want and not happy about it.
--I won’t take you through my earlier journey of “But is it
really what I want?” and “Why do I want it?” (You’re welcome.)
So, I am back to acceptance and patience. I wish my execution
of both could be as easy as my grasp of the concept.
That would truly
be a Christmas Miracle.
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This is my 100th blog here at Blogger! Thank you
Internet! Thank you, Google! Thank God I can type! I’m sure those that would be
forced to listen to me otherwise appreciate that I have this outlet! I shouldn’t
thank anyone who reads this –Your inability to look
away from a train wreck is not my responsibility!
But I will.
:)
Thank you!
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