Take time to celerate quiet miracles which seek no attention.

So writes that beautiful soul, Celtic philosopher-poet, John O’Donohue.

For me at least, herein lies a way of being.

A doorway to happiness. Joy. Wonder. 

Learning to perceive Presence--Great Spirit--in the ordinary,

unspectacular and small:

"Sacrement of the Present Moment" is what Jesuit priest Jean-Pierre de Caussade called it (18th c.). "Practicing The Presence of God" is what Brother Lawrence called

when washing monastery pots and pans (17th c).

Millions of unknown, ordinary people including among indigenous peoples call this spiritually mindful awareness by other names.

What are the quiet miracles which seek no attention in your own life?

Do you notice them? Honor them?

Just asking because whether or not your going through a rough patch, a spiritually dry or tiring time, or seeking Divine or soul guidance for your life, setting this intention to pay attention throughout the day can open up healing wisdom, insight, and transformation. Taking 2 more minutes to jot down what you noticed or experienced when coming towards the end of your day is good soul medicine too (scientific studies show the act of writing down gratitudes assists with re-wiring the brain for greater happiness and healing).

Doing both intention setting and jotting down the meaning moments found in the ordinary and small near end of the day can help re-pattern mental habits

which keep us feeling stuck, dull, bored, or blue.  

Anyway. If you like, try this spiritual practice as soul medicine for a week. See how it makes you feel. Including impact on your relationship with others, yourself, and world.  This is also a good way for waking up to Divine guidance, signs, healing wisdom, and Presence in our lives. In otherwords, to live more often from and as a soul.

The key for this particular soul medicine is like most other spiritual practices:

Inwardly relaxing, softening, and unclenching when we notice ourselves physically tensing, or our minds swept away in the rushing river of a story playing in our mind.

When this happens, if it feels right, also adding on your letting go exhales a visceral feeling of love, appreciation or tenderness; what one of my Qigong masters, Chunyi Lin, called an inner s.m.i.l.e. (= Start My Internal Love Engine), which, by the way, is far different from the spiritual bypassing of a fake-a-roo forced outer smile (though studies show how outwardly smiling, even when you don't feel like it, releases feel good chemicals like dopamine, endorphins, and serotonin while lowering the stress hormone cortisol.

It also creates mirroring or social bonds with others--more good medicine).

All of this can help us remain awake to the outrageous, big, glorious, and noisy miracles screaming for our attention like this basketball size mushroom growing in my yard (photo above). AND helps us also to experience The Holy in the ordinary,

overlooked, small, and even difficult aspects of our lives.  

God bless you on the life journey and in this quiet moment.

Peace,

Catherine