ordinary miracles

i've been thinking alot lately about the spirituality of ordinary lives that bear fruit. sometimes, in our culture's quest for the immediate or the sensational, we tromp right on by the tenderest of moments. we want fireworks, supernatural manifestations, magic moments. but, in my experience, they are literally all around us every day. so many, in fact, that i've lost count.

like a pilot donning night-vision goggles, we don't have to drum up some new object out there, we just get to practice changing ourselves to notice what's already there.

consider some of the lyrics from sarah mcLachlan's song ordinary miracle:

...it's not that unusual when everything is beautiful, it's just another ordinary miracle today
the sky knows when it's time to snow, don't need to teach a seed to grow
it's just another ordinary miracle today
life is like a gift they say, wrapped up for you everyday
open up and find a way to give some of your own
do you want to see a miracle?
the sun comes up and shines so bright and disappears again at night
it seems to exceptional, things just work out afterall
it's just another ordinary miracle today...

it's today. it's you right where you are with the people you're with.
bearing fruit that will last.