Miracle

Ready to do some math?

Okay, I probably lost most of the potential readers with that first line but for the few sticking around, here goes:

80 beats/min x 60 min = 4800 heartbeats in an hour

4800 x 24 hours = 115,000 heartbeats in a day

115,000 x 188 days so far in 2022 = 22,000,000 heartbeats in 2022.

 

Second item – how do you define “miracle”?

One definition for miracle is this:

“a highly improbable or extraordinary event, development, or accomplishment that brings very welcome consequences.”

Would you define your 4800 heartbeats this hour a miracle?

If not, how about the 115,000 heartbeats that it will take to keep you alive today?

And if that still doesn’t meet your miracle quotient, does 22 million heartbeats this year make the cut?

 

My friends, we have crossed the halfway point of 2022.

Take some time in these next few days to sit quietly and contemplate the miracle of your life journey these last six months.

Give thanks for where the January – June road has taken you. Twnety-two million heartbeats – did you spend your life energy in the way(s) that you want?

Have fun as you think about where the July – December road might go. How do you want to spend these next 22 million heartbeats?

Embrace the bumps in the road as you look behind you. How did each of these strengthen you and teach you about life, about yourself?

Enjoy this moment to pause and be still.

And add two simple thoughts to your meditation:

“22,000,000”

“Miracle”