Life's Negotiations

You are more powerful than you can possibly imagine.

I learned this first hand in 2004 after my third surgery to remove a benign brain tumor. Lying in the ICU with a small cylinder connected to my incision, I asked a question I never thought to ask before.

What is the purpose of this?

'Tis the season for  miracles - both the everyday and spiritual variety. I think it's time to get in on the action, don't you?

"Inadvertent miracle" is a new term for a technique I've employed for some time. It is a cross between stumbling upon a miracle while walking down the street, like you would a heads-up penny, and making a wish on that penny before tossing it into a fountain.

The order of these two events is reversed, however.

A friend is writing a great series of posts on Curing the Incurable - lessons she learned from curing herself of Lupus. 

I'm immensely inspired by her, as well as reminded of my own journey with a benign brain tumor five years ago.  

The cause was different, but the lesson is the same:  We are each the cure to whatever ails us.

Do you ever ask yourself: Am I crazy?

Bad news: you probably are.

Good news: so is everyone else.

I love gifts. Too bad I'm not good at receiving them.

It's not that I don't like the present, card, compliment, or gesture. I actually freak out about how to respond to the generosity.

Partly it's because I don't feel I've done enough to deserve the thoughtfulness. That there are unspoken requirements that must be lived up to before a gift can be received.