Since today's TTQ's theme is Christmas, I'll relate my two questions to Oprah Magazine's December issue and Miracles.
In my previous post, Miracles All Around Us/Why I Write Fiction, I wrote about Oprah Magazine's "Awe Tour," which introduces mysteries and curiosities that you can see, hear, and touch, such as sailing stones in Death Valley and the Isle of Eigg, which produces music when you run your hands through the sand.
And then I wrote about the miracles you can't perceive through your senses, such as sound waves, microwaves, radio waves, emotions, wind, and love.
In my novel, Between Now and Forever, One of my characters is a 13-year old healer.
Sure, it's fiction, but I believe in miracles.
I also believe in positive thinking and that Spirit works through human beings in mysterious ways.
Guess that's why I write fiction.
I can put into my stores what I believe, but can't prove to be true.
I know how busy you are right now, so skip my TTQ's if you like.
If you have the time, my Thursday Two Questions to you are:
- What miracle, mystery, or curiosity have you experienced through your senses?
- What miracle, mystery, or curiosity do you believe, but can't prove to be true?
Happy Holidays.
10 comments:
Happy holidays, Margaret!
The only miracle I have experienced through my sense is peace once I decide to hand my life over to God, but that I can't prove to anyone. I just feel!
Happy holidays to you, too, Icy BC. That's the greatest kind of miracle, the one we feel in our heart. That's proof enough.
I am experiencing of late that death is not as scary as I once thought. That I have really accepted it is okay if my life ends tomorrow. I do feel sad to leave people I love behind, but I come to realized that I had a wonderful life and it is okay to let go.
It is a very strange feeling, as I never expect to ever be content with death. Yet, my experience recently has led me to this feeling and I am not even afraid.
Probably not what you expected, but it came to me from the heart so I shared it with you today. It is a miracle that I never expect to receive nor be able to prove such a strength.
I know exactly what you mean. Self Sagacity, about adjusting to the idea of death. When I was young, death scared me. But as I grow older, I fear it less and less. When my mother died and was brought back to life in the hospital, she said that she'd been to "No Man's Land" , then she said, "Don't be selfish, let me go." Whatever she'd felt or seen must has been pretty awesome for her to want to go back. I'm glad you shared what came from the heart. One of my resolutions for 2011 is to do just that, write from the heart. Thanks for sharing.
Merry Christmas to you and your family, Margaret.
1) Like Icy BC, the greatest miracle I experienced is peace when i finally let go of my pride and surrender to God. after years of inner struggle, therapy, a cocktail of meds and panic attacks, i had a sense of what real peace is when i accepted the fact that i am powerless on my own.
2) we dream for a reason. i have curious dreams every now and then--and in the past, i was "saved" from misfortunes because of a series of dreams. i am not obsessed by dreams but i pay attention.
Hello Luna Miranda. Peace. Wow, that is a true miracle after the struggle you went through. My first novel is titled BETWEEN WILL AND SURRENDER. I think we're on the same wave length.
I'm reading a book right now called Writing Down Your Soul, by Janet Conner. It tells you "how to activate and listen to the extraordinary voice within." Sounds like you're doing just that by paying attention to your dreams.
Have a very Merry Christmas. I value our Thursday Two Question connection. Hope we keep in touch next year.
I have experienced many spiritual "communications" for want of a better word; strong feelings that led me to make the right move. Once I had a strong feeling to go home early from work (I never did that!) and when I got home all of my valuables were laying on the couch. My first husband had a strong gambling addiction and I had already lost a few of my prized possessions to pawn shops.
I took all these things that he had placed on the couch to my children's babysitter. Then sat down there until the time I would normally get home. She stored my things for me until the divorce was final. My husband and I never spoke about this. There were many times I knew God was speaking to me and guiding me for my children and my own good.
Hi Judy. As I told Luna Miranda, I'm currently reading a book called WRITING DOWN YOUR SOUL, How to activate and listen to the extraordinary voice within, by Janet Conner. She talks about this very thing. You've learned to trust your inner voice (from the spirit within. This only happened once in my life and I still marvel over it, though many would probably call it coincidence. The best I can do to explain it, is to use such experiences in my fiction, where people don't put up barriers, because they think it's just a story.
Question #1 - the power of prayer
Question#2 - the power of prayer
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Hi Bernadine. My mother used to tell me over and over about the power of prayer. And I know it to be true. What I need to do is to use it more. Thanks for the reminder.
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