I never really believed in miracles. What are miracles? Is
it some mysterious person in a robe who just walks up to a blind guy, puts some
mud on his eyes and restores his vision? Or is it someone who can walk on water
or give you an unlimited supply of cloth when you’re being stripped by your
evil cousins? I really don’t know. I never believed in miracles and I’m sure
neither do you… unless you have stumbled upon that fateful day when you didn’t
study for an exam but somehow managed to pass. That my friend, most probably
was either divine intervention or just sheer luck! Then how do we contemplate
miracles? How do we define it? Where is a miracle when you need one? Where are
these miracles that the scriptures speak of when an earthquake hits a city or a
school gets blown up by fanatics or when children murder their parents over
petty things or brothers kill each other over money or when a woman is being
raped in a radio-taxi? It simply isn’t there.
Most of us believe that miracles are something flashy, like a ray of light that falls from the sky and solves everything! Most of us contemplate miracles as something extraordinary. We all wish that a deity will descend majestically from the sky in human form and eradicate all the suffering and hardships of the human race… in my honest opinion, that’s just asking too much! We are so blinded by our predetermined notion of miracles that we fail to see the miracles which happen on a day to day basis. Imagine being a homeless person, wandering through the cold concrete of the city with barely a rag over your shoulders to cover the thin layer of skin that’s clinging to your bones from the constant cool breeze. You’re shivering and you’re lonely. You have nothing in this world except for a begging bowl. You want to cry but you don’t even have tears because you’ve shed them all the previous night. You’ve been hungry for a couple of days and you can barely walk an inch. Then suddenly, you feel someone standing before you. That someone offers you a warm smile… then gives you food and water. Just when you thought it was all over, just when you had given up… you were saved. That’s a fucking miracle. When you’re having the worst day possible, you know nothing can change your mood and someone comes out of nowhere and just cheers you up – that’s a miracle! When a person steps out of a coma after years and finds his loved ones still there waiting for them – that’s a miracle. There many examples. There are many stories. Miracles such as these happen on a daily basis. Don’t look in the divine, mystic or extraordinary to find miracles… look into each other.
Maybe I was foolish like most other people to believe that miracles have to be majestic. I never realized that a human itself is a miracle or in the words of Dr. Manhattan, “a thermodynamic miracle”. This miracle of life is so common that we forget it is a miracle and choose to make it seem so mundane and worthless. What were the chances of your parents meeting, falling in love and giving birth to you - A million in one perhaps? Yet, somewhere, coincidentally or intentionally, they met, they fell in love or they just married and they copulated. Countless sperms just rushing towards a single egg and it was you who finally made it out from all that chaos. You were born. You were given the gift of life and the ability to create another just like you. That’s a miracle – Your life is a miracle. Each one of you has it in you as you live, as you breathe and as you think. From all the suffering, the hatred, the hardships, the cruelty, negligence, ignorance and the constant struggles between good and evil – a form as perfect as yours was created. If you don’t believe me, get up right now and ask your parents what they felt the first time they held you in their arms.
If you’re reading this, just know that you weren’t a coincidence. You weren’t a mistake. You’re a living, breathing miracle. Live like it and spread your kindness, spread your love, share your thoughts and watch real miracles happen! Remember, in today’s world, even a random act of kindness is a miracle!
Most of us believe that miracles are something flashy, like a ray of light that falls from the sky and solves everything! Most of us contemplate miracles as something extraordinary. We all wish that a deity will descend majestically from the sky in human form and eradicate all the suffering and hardships of the human race… in my honest opinion, that’s just asking too much! We are so blinded by our predetermined notion of miracles that we fail to see the miracles which happen on a day to day basis. Imagine being a homeless person, wandering through the cold concrete of the city with barely a rag over your shoulders to cover the thin layer of skin that’s clinging to your bones from the constant cool breeze. You’re shivering and you’re lonely. You have nothing in this world except for a begging bowl. You want to cry but you don’t even have tears because you’ve shed them all the previous night. You’ve been hungry for a couple of days and you can barely walk an inch. Then suddenly, you feel someone standing before you. That someone offers you a warm smile… then gives you food and water. Just when you thought it was all over, just when you had given up… you were saved. That’s a fucking miracle. When you’re having the worst day possible, you know nothing can change your mood and someone comes out of nowhere and just cheers you up – that’s a miracle! When a person steps out of a coma after years and finds his loved ones still there waiting for them – that’s a miracle. There many examples. There are many stories. Miracles such as these happen on a daily basis. Don’t look in the divine, mystic or extraordinary to find miracles… look into each other.
Maybe I was foolish like most other people to believe that miracles have to be majestic. I never realized that a human itself is a miracle or in the words of Dr. Manhattan, “a thermodynamic miracle”. This miracle of life is so common that we forget it is a miracle and choose to make it seem so mundane and worthless. What were the chances of your parents meeting, falling in love and giving birth to you - A million in one perhaps? Yet, somewhere, coincidentally or intentionally, they met, they fell in love or they just married and they copulated. Countless sperms just rushing towards a single egg and it was you who finally made it out from all that chaos. You were born. You were given the gift of life and the ability to create another just like you. That’s a miracle – Your life is a miracle. Each one of you has it in you as you live, as you breathe and as you think. From all the suffering, the hatred, the hardships, the cruelty, negligence, ignorance and the constant struggles between good and evil – a form as perfect as yours was created. If you don’t believe me, get up right now and ask your parents what they felt the first time they held you in their arms.
If you’re reading this, just know that you weren’t a coincidence. You weren’t a mistake. You’re a living, breathing miracle. Live like it and spread your kindness, spread your love, share your thoughts and watch real miracles happen! Remember, in today’s world, even a random act of kindness is a miracle!
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