Day 91 - Way 91

It’s not that usual when everything is beautiful
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

The sky knows when its time to snow
You 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

Isn’t it remarkable?
Like every time a raindrop falls
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

Birds in winter have their fling
And always make it home by spring
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

When you wake up everyday
Please don’t throw your dreams away
Hold them close to your heart
Cause we are all a part
Of the ordinary miracle

Ordinary miracle
Do you want to see a miracle?

It seems so exceptional
Things just work out after all
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

The sun comes up and shines so bright
It disappears again at night
It’s just another ordinary miracle today

It’s just another ordinary miracle today

(Sarah Mclachlan, Ordinary Miracle)

I have included a video with this song, at the bottom of this post. Tonight I went to a benefit concert for a loving couple in our neighborhood who is facing cancer head on. One of the men from my singles ward sitting next to me said, "I'm amazed by this community. I haven't lived here very long, but this community just does so much for each other, its amazing." I couldn't be more proud of my neighbors and friends that really are there to support one another, especially in the tough times. One of the performances was a dance by a group of 7 sisters and it was to this song. Somehow in the last few months, this song has come back to me over and over, reminding me that there are miracles occurring everyday. Ordinary miracles that make life extraordinary. I love the line in this song, " Life is like a gift they say, Wrapped up for you everyday, Open up and find a way, To give some of your own."

Today's miracle is this, over 200 people, most of whom had never met this sweet and cherished couple, came to a park on a hot Monday evening and donated hundreds if not thousands of dollars to a loving family, because......it was the right and better thing to do. Isn't it a miracle that so many people can see, that among all the good things to do, there is a better part, we just have to choose it.

Although most of these people that gathered together will never read this, I want to "publicly" thank them for giving away their ordinary miracle today.