Small Miracles

March 30, 2008

Dear Friends,

A while back, I was speaking to a group of people about my personal discovery of the divine flow. I related numerous synchronistic events and happy coincidences that led me to conclude that the universe we live in is, indeed, “intelligent”—that it is aware of what we need and what we want, and that it is continually working on our behalf to help us fulfill those dreams, desires, and goals.

One gentleman in the group didn’t doubt that I had experienced many coincidences in my life, but he did question whether the conclusion I reached as a result of those coincidences was a justified conclusion. Specifically, he wanted to know if the coincidences I had experienced were “statistically significant.”

“Statistically significant.” I remembered that term from a business class I took in college. What this man was talking about was the fact that—below a certain numerical threshold—sheer chance alone could account for my experiences. And he was seeking some kind of statistical “proof” that I had experienced enough of these minor miracles to reasonably conclude that there was, as I determined, a divine intelligence behind them.

I’m not sure my answer satisfied him, but it was more than satisfactory to me: First of all, I told him that right after I published my book, I began to keep an official journal of my “divine flow experiences,” so I would have some additional stories to put in my next book. But I stopped keeping that journal after just three weeks. Why? Because I was getting writer’s cramp! There were just too many miracles to keep track of—far too many, it seems to me, to be explained by mere chance.

I then pointed out that when I faithfully practice the principles involved with living life in the divine flow, the number of synchronistic events and happy coincidences that I experience dramatically increases. But when I don’t “practice what I preach,” that number dramatically decreases. If these events were just occurring by chance, then my behavior wouldn’t affect things one way or the other.

Which brings me to the point I want to make today. (That’s right, I’m just now getting to it!)

I think I have made it very clear in my book, in my workshops, and in these weekly messages, that it is extremely easy for you to unconsciously block or limit the experience of the divine flow in your life. Obviously, when you live life forcefully or fearfully, you are going to experience the divine flow to a lesser degree, because you are actually interfering with the manifestation process itself.

But even if you are doing a pretty good job of recognizing and cooperating with the divine flow in your life, that experience can still be diminished if you don’t make a conscious effort to appreciate each and every little miracle that manifests in your life—even something as “seemingly” insignificant as the appearance of the perfect parking place.

Like everything in life, even the divine flow can be taken for granted. And the more you take it for granted, the more likely you are to easily forget many of the miracles that have happened in your life—especially the smaller ones. Even recent occurrences can quickly be forgotten.

If you really want to fully experience the divine flow in your life, I suggest that you always take a moment to stop what you are doing and be consciously grateful for every little miracle that occurs. Celebrate it! Revel in it! Only then will you begin to get an accurate sense of how miraculous this world of ours truly is.

Will the number of miracles that you notice be statistically significant—that is, enough for you to reasonably conclude that there must be a higher power working on your behalf? I certainly think so, yes. But I’ll leave that for you to decide.

What is much more important to me is this: The miracles that I now so freely and frequently experience are not just statistically significant, they are personally significant . . . for they have transformed my life from one of constant stress and struggle, to one of consistent peace and ease. And that, my friends—all statistics aside—is significant enough for me.

Steven

© 2008 by Steven Lane Taylor
Author of Row, Row, Row Your Boat:
A Guide for Living Life in the Divine Flow