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Curitiba, 29 de Março de 2024
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If today you could make one wish, what would it be? If a genie appeared to you as a miracle, what would you ask for?

Many in this fantasy would imagine asking for large sums of money. Others would ask for endless vacations at some paradisiac place. Yet others would like more extended periods of time to satisfy feelings and passions.

However, if we asked a quadriplegic or a blind which was their greatest desire, what would they answer? What would be the answer from a patient with an incurable disease?

The answer seems clear in any of such cases. They would wish for miracles that include things we already have and take it for granted.

Sometimes we desire nonsense or childish things, forgetting that we are gifted with miracles of life every day.

We want to have the most expressive eyes, or another color, different format ... And some would just like to be able to see.

We wish to have a leaner, more athletic, and more harmonious body. Others just wish for a healthy body.

So many complain about wanting to be taller and have proportionate legs. Others complain about their ugly feet, while others only wish to walk.

So many people complain about someone's shrilled voice, the street noise, or the crying child living next door. And yet some only wish to hear.

Daily miracles of life are gifts because they give us the opportunity to witness and experience the grandeur of the things of God.

Countless miracles happen to us and we seldom realize them. After all, when was the last time we remembered to thank God for our health?

When did we remember to thank the Father for our family, friends, for being loved and for having someone to love?

When was the last time we thanked God for the body we have, the circumstances in which we live, and the opportunities we have in life?

Whenever we imagine the need for a large genie to appear in front of us to perform miracles, we should remember that we are surrounded by miracles of life.

One day our body began with just one cell, and today there are trillions of them to give us the great opportunity of life experience, development, and of the compensation of our deeds towards the moral Law of God.

This is already sufficient to have a heart full of gratitude.

And if by any chance one day a genie offers you a wish, you can have the joy of responding that you have nothing to ask, but rather only to thank in the face of all that life has offered you until this day .

 

Spiritist Moment Team.
November 08.2010.

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