Water into Wine

The other day I was doing a final edit on a client story.  My boss suggested that I not use toilet paper as an example of what someone might run in to buy on the way home from work when describing a market that features both specialty products as well as the every day. So, I shot off an email to the editor and directed him to please ‘change toilet paper to milk.’

Then I started to chuckle.  The power of the pen may be great, and certain words put together can comfort or challenge, but the power to miraculously turn one item into another is really out of its purview.

Jon Bon Jovi said, “Miracles happen every day.  Change your perception of what a miracle is and you’ll see them all around you.” We’re familiar with historical miracles, first passed down generation to generation, then recorded.  Modern technology has made it possible for us to see what the parting of the Red Sea might have been like.  Faith helps us believe that the oil in the lamps lasted for eight days. 

The miracles in my life often pass me by.  Sure, there’s the birth of a child, the car that swerved in time, or during this season, re-birth all around us.  But, it’s the small ones – the angry or sarcastic word not said, the email not sent, the voice not raised – that need to be marked.  It’s the second helping not taken, the money not spent, the door not opened, the cleansing tears, the energetic walk that helps us keep faith with ourselves and that we need to celebrate and share. 

Wayne Dyer, said, “Miracles come in moments.  Be ready and willing.”  I’m going to keep my eye out and my heart open.

Wishing you many moments this week,

Marilyn