Counseling for Individuals, Families, Couples | Marriage and Family Therapy | Dr. Piper Walsh, PhD http://www.southoccounseling.com Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:51:00 -0700 http://www.blazonco.com/ en Quote http://www.southoccounseling.com/blog/article/-quote http://www.southoccounseling.com/blog/article/-quote#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:51:00 -0700 http://www.southoccounseling.com/blog/article/-quote  12 June 2010
People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk on either water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Everyday day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves...

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People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk on either water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Everyday day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child—our own two eyes. All is a miracle.
~~Thich Nhat Hanh~~

]]> We tend to think... http://www.southoccounseling.com/blog/article/-we-tend-to-think- http://www.southoccounseling.com/blog/article/-we-tend-to-think-#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:02:00 -0700 http://www.southoccounseling.com/blog/article/-we-tend-to-think- We tend to think of a miracle as something that occurs outside of ourselves and denotes “difference” from our daily movement through time and space. And in grasping onto the illusion that miracles are something we wait for, something we scoff at, or something that must be granted, we lose th...

Read more]]> We tend to think of a miracle as something that occurs outside of ourselves and denotes “difference” from our daily movement through time and space. And in grasping onto the illusion that miracles are something we wait for, something we scoff at, or something that must be granted, we lose the true miracle of the present moment. Often mired in worry and concern, we cease to see what we have is so very transitory and precious. Right now, I marvel that thoughts slip from mind, through my fingers, to tapping keys, running onto a page that could be read by souls I may never meet. That is both a miracle and a blessing.

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