ALBERT KNOWS BEST
“There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle”
I love this quote by Albert Einstein…I’ve read it a hundred times before…
and it was in my head this morning as I headed out the door.
You see, I grew up thinking miracles had to be momentous…divine in their design…
Like healing the sick, feeding the hungry or turning water into wine.
But who am I to quibble with Albert Einstein…a brilliant man who wrote a lot of books!
who believed miracles can be discovered…everywhere I look.
So I decided to test Albert’s theory…to make sure he’s not just ‘all talk’.
by making a list of miracles I encountered on my morning walk.
The trees, the grass, the flowers were the first miracles to catch my eye.
The air we breathe, the moon, the stars…the clouds up in the sky.
The rabbits, the dogs and cats…little miracles who walks along with me.
The insects…like the crickets and the butterflies…miracles a little harder for me to see.
Halfway through my walk and still more miracles remain…
The ocean made me think of water…like rivers, lakes and rain.
An opossum crossed my path…I heard the waking of the birds…
And isn’t it a miracle that we can put our thoughts down into words?
As I walked up my driveway…with those birds singing high above
I had to smile as I thought about the miracle of love.
When I saw my reflection in the window I thought how I am a miracle too
which, of course, means, if Albert and I are correct…so are you….and you…and you.
Yes, I grew up thinking miracles had to be momentous…like turning water into wine
that for miracles to be miracles they must be divine in their design.
But with Albert’s help I now realize from a single drop of dew…to the brightest shining star
When I look at all the miracles around me…that’s exactly what they are.
Copyright © Jim Yerman | Year Posted 2024
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