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The Miracle

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“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though noth­ing is a mir­a­cle. The other is as if every­thing is. ” ~ Albert Einstein

The Mir­a­cle

You.

You are amazing. 

You are filled with so much possibility.

You are a human soul, given this beau­ti­ful vessel…your body, your soul, your being…for this time here on earth.

Today.

This moment.

You.

The mir­a­cle.

“Human beings do not live for­ever, Reuven. We live less than the time it takes to blink an eye, if we mea­sure our lives against eter­nity. So it may be asked what value is there to a human life. There is so much pain in the world. What does it mean to have to suf­fer so much if our lives are noth­ing more than the blink of an eye?

I learned a long time ago, Reuven, that a blink of an eye in itself is noth­ing. But the eye that blinks, that is some­thing. A span of life is noth­ing. But the man who lives that span, he is some­thing. He can fill that tiny span with mean­ing, so its qual­ity is immea­sur­able though its quan­tity may be insignif­i­cant. Do you under­stand what I am say­ing? A man must fill his life with mean­ing, mean­ing is not auto­mat­i­cally given to life.

It is hard work to fill one’s life with mean­ing. That I do not think you under­stand yet. A life filled with mean­ing is wor­thy of rest. I want to be wor­thy of rest when I am no longer here.”

 ~ Chaim Potok

The miracle…is YOU.

You pos­sess unlim­ited poten­tial.  Today, at this very moment, in this place you are within…you.  You are so amazing!

That we are here, expe­ri­enc­ing this human life we are living…that is a mir­a­cle.  To have this life we have here on earth, to have been born into the human-ness of our being…what an amaz­ing thing!

Believe.

Believe in the miracle.

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The mir­a­cle.

The mir­a­cle is you.


It’s easy to get bogged down in the daily of our lives, and not fully see this mir­a­cle that we are.  Good friend and fel­low blog­ger, Katie Tallo, has cre­ated an e-book — the 7-Week Life Cleanse — which is all about help­ing you to become more focused on that poten­tial that is within you.   This e-book is a won­der­ful resource for guid­ing you toward more fully con­nect­ing with the amaz­ing being that you are.

Lance writes sto­ries from his heart, aim­ing to inspire and moti­vate, as you align more fully with YOUR true peak. When he’s not here, you can find him hang­ing out with his fam­ily, rid­ing a bike, or just gen­er­ally act­ing goofy.   Sign up for the Thoughts from the Tree­house newslet­ter and get addi­tional inspi­ra­tion in your email inbox!
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Comments

  1. Beau­ti­ful.
    Inspir­ing.
    Uplift­ing.
    And just what I needed to hear today.
    (How do you do that?)
    ;-)

    Enjoy the day!
    Erin
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    • Lance says:

      Erin,
      It’s so inter­est­ing (and won­der­fully amaz­ing) how we are led to what we need to hear. So good hav­ing you here, dear friend…

      Peace,
      Lance

  2. Sandra Lee says:

    Hi Lance,

    How could I resist the title! I love this reminder of how mirac­u­lous and pre­cious this life is. Thanks for the inspi­ra­tion. You do it every time!
    San­dra Lee´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..The Web of Love and 5 Beau­ti­ful BloggersMy Profile

    • Lance says:

      San­dra,
      That word “mir­a­cle” is a pretty won­der­ful one, isn’t it!! And San­dra, you are truly a mir­a­cle and gift in this world.

      Much peace,
      Lance

  3. Dandy says:

    Wow, this gave me goose­bumps. Some people’s blinks are shorter than oth­ers. But I’m so glad and blessed I’ve been able to share my blink with those in my life and those who were in my life. There are some peo­ple who are so amaz­ing that you wish you had for­ever with them them. But we are given what we are given. I’m try­ing to make the most of my blink :) Thanks Lance.
    Take care, Dandy
    Dandy´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..Mas­ter­ing our thoughtsMy Profile

    • Lance says:

      Dandy,
      It won­der­fully awe­some that you’ve cho­sen to share some of your “blinks” here in this space. A gift…you are!!

      And as I think about what you’ve shared — and how we so love these amaz­ing peo­ple that cross our paths…it reminds me…I can take from these moments — the qual­i­ties with which I’m most drawn…and become more like that myself. Mmmm.…I’m lov­ing that thought.

      Peace,
      Lance

  4. Lynn says:

    We need to remind each other that we are all mir­a­cles. Thanks for the reminder, Lance!
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  5. Henway says:

    Thanks for the inspir­ing words. I know I always get bogged down by the small details and has­sles of life such as not miss­ing a dead­line, or run­ning an errand, and always tend to lose track of the big pic­ture. We’re here for a short time, and it’s our respon­si­bil­ity to make it count.
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    • Lance says:

      Hen­way,
      Our time is fleet­ing. And we never know how fleet­ing that might be. I was reminded of this just yes­ter­day, hear­ing of some­one whose life ended all too soon. Live today!

      Peace,
      Lance

  6. rob white says:

    What gift Lance. I love who you are express­ing your­self to be today! The mir­a­cle within us revealed when we pass from idly wish­ing and hop­ing, to believ­ing, to hav­ing FAITH in our­selves as superla­tive creators.

    • Lance says:

      Rob,
      Mmmm…faith. Some­thing I know you’ve been dis­cussing much recently. Hav­ing faith in our­selved, and really know­ing that we are amaz­ing miracles…what a beau­ti­ful place to be. Rob, you shine at see­ing the pos­si­bil­ity and good in oth­ers. What a won­der­ful and uplift­ing soul you are!

      Namaste,
      Lance

  7. Adrienne says:

    Lance, this is beau­ti­ful on so many lev­els! The first thought that came to mind was, what a won­der­ful world we’d be liv­ing in if every­one looked at the world this way. It’s amaz­ing what a small shift in per­cep­tion can do.

    I really love this quote, espe­cially when he said, “A man must fill his life with mean­ing, mean­ing is not auto­mat­i­cally given to life.” It’s funny, my coworker and I were just chat­ting about some­thing sim­i­lar on our drive down to Indi­ana. We were dis­cussing Vik­tor Frankl’s “Man’s Search for Mean­ing,” a book about Frankl’s expe­ri­ence in WWII con­cen­tra­tion camps. Aside from pure chance, Frankl came to the con­clu­sion that the deter­min­ing fac­tor on whether one sur­vived the camps was whether or not that per­son had cre­ated mean­ing in his or her life. He claimed indi­vid­u­als could find mean­ing in 3 dif­fer­ent ways: through rela­tion­ships (love), work, or by con­nect­ing to some­thing greater than them­selves. I feel as though I’ve been for­tu­nate enough to find all three. How­ever, cre­at­ing mean­ing is a con­tin­u­ously evolv­ing process, rather than some­thing we just find once and latch onto. As Potok said, cre­at­ing mean­ing is hard work! But, the fruits are so worth the toil. :)

    Many peo­ple are against the idea that life is with­out intrin­sic mean­ing, but I think it it’s incred­i­bly free­ing and makes life filled with end­less pos­si­bil­ity! Each per­son has the oppor­tu­nity and poten­tial to cre­ate mean­ing in his or her own life. Lance, you see that poten­tial in every­one, and your writ­ing is just one of the many ways you draw that poten­tial out of oth­ers. It’s truly an amaz­ing gift…one I’m happy to receive. :)
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    • Lance says:

      Adri­enne,
      I find Vik­tor Frankl’s book, “Man’s Search for Mean­ing”, to be so filled with insight and mean­ing. And how won­der­ful — that you have found mean­ing in your life through your rela­tion­ships, through work, and by con­nect­ing to some­thing greater. Adri­enne, that really speaks to YOU, and to the per­son you are “being”.

      And in all of that — you give a beau­ti­ful gift to this world.…you…and the liv­ing of your life.

      It is an honor to have you here, and to know that your soul is reach­ing mine (and so many others).

      Namaste,
      Lance

  8. Very, very nice post. I’m tempted to amend Mr. Einstein’s quote to say, “there is only ONE way to live your life…” :)

  9. Farnoosh says:

    Very beau­ti­ful words as always, Lance…If you do not get an agent and pub­lish a book one of these days to spread your gor­geous words beyond the inter­net sphere, I will be very upset with you :) …! Thank you for the beau­ti­ful albeit harsh per­spec­tive on real­ity!
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    • Lance says:

      Farnoosh,
      You know what…I AM revis­it­ing that book idea (and it’s some­thing that feels very “right”…). So…keep on me, dear friend!! (…and he asks himself…am I a slacker, or what??)

      Farnoosh, you have such a won­der­ful way of truly mak­ing every­one you come in con­tact with feel spe­cial. What a gift that is…one small part of the mir­a­cle that is YOU!!

      Namaste,
      Lance

      • Farnoosh says:

        The Namaste says to me that you are still doing your yoga — and the rest of the mes­sage is as endear­ing as the rest of you, dear Lance. Let’s both keep on each other about writ­ing our books!!! And then I vol­un­teer you to find us a great pub­lisher, how is that? ;) !
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        • Lance says:

          Yes, I am very much still doing yoga. In fact, just yes­ter­day, I signed up for another class. What I love it that is chal­lenges me phys­i­cally and takes me very much into a deeper place spiritually/emotionally.

          And…you have a DEAL!! Yes, let’s be each oth­ers cheer­leader (umm…and pester-er) on the book jour­ney! (do I thank you for vol­un­teer­ing me to be the guy find­ing the publisher!?!?!?).

          Have an amaz­ing weekend…sweet, sweet friend…

  10. Thanks for this beau­ti­ful view into the mir­a­cle heart set. It’s left me feel­ing the mir­a­cle in me and so appre­ci­at­ing the mir­a­cle that is you. :)

    I want to be wor­thy of rest when I am no longer here.“
    Amen.
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    • Lance says:

      Emma,
      You are such a beau­ti­ful mir­a­cle!! And you shine that shiny miracle-ness out into the world in some very amaz­ingly thought­ful ways. Know that I’ve been touched by this beauty in you…

      Much peace,
      Lance

  11. Lori says:

    Hi Lance,
    Yes, yes, and yes.
    Gor­geous. Thanks for being a bea­con of light — I can feel it, the warmth from that light.
    I loved the video, too, of course. Exactly! This was the lure of study­ing and research­ing mol­e­c­u­lar biol­ogy for me — to study the mir­a­cle of life. We’re really quite amaz­ing beings.
    ~xo
    Geeky Sci­en­tist Lori ;)
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    • Lance says:

      Lori,
      You ARE light…beautiful, car­ing, deep, soul-reaching light.

      So, my geeky sci­en­tist friend…you…are a mir­a­cle!!! An amaz­ing, amaz­ing miracle…and you have reached into my soul…with that mir­a­cle that IS you.

      And it is beautiful…

      Namaste,
      Lance

  12. Evelyn Lim says:

    Inter­est­ing video! I enjoyed it because it’s a great reminder that we are mir­a­cles, even though there can be days when we don’t feel that way! It is the start of a new day for me here from this part of the world and I’d like to think that it’s up to me to make it extraordinary!

    Have a won­der­ful week ahead,
    Eve­lyn
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    • Lance says:

      Eve­lyn,
      Yes, we are all miracles…being a liv­ing human being…wow!!

      And you shine extraordinary…with the gift of your being. Eve­lyn, what a beau­ti­ful mir­a­cle you are!!

      Peace,
      Lance

  13. Tim says:

    Lance:

    Great post and awe­some video!! I think a lot of us really for­get (you can include me, too) about the mir­a­cle of life. Yes, life can be a strug­gle sometimes…but it’s a mir­a­cle all the time. I need to remem­ber this, espe­cially, on the tough days. Thanks for this inspiration…it is really some­thing that is needed at this moment in time.
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    • Lance says:

      Tim,
      In our daily living…and in doing the rou­tines of our days…it can be easy to for­get just how amaz­ing and mirac­u­lous life is. And then…on those chal­leng­ing days (as we all have) — it can be even harder to fully see the mir­a­cle of liv­ing. Yet, life is!! Life is a miracle.

      YOU! You are a mir­a­cle, Tim!! And know too, that I see this very much in you — and in the heart and soul of YOU. Keep shin­ing, my friend!

      Peace,
      Lance

  14. Lach says:

    Thank you Lance, for this beau­ti­ful thing. It’s easy to loose sight of these truths. It’s easy to for­get. Par­tic­u­larly in this fren­zied world where there are so many super­fi­cial things demand­ing our atten­tion. Main­stream sci­ence wants to sell us the idea that it’s all just a mat­ter of smaller and smaller pieces. That given enough time and a large enough com­puter, it’s all reducible to numbers.

    But when you really take a moment to think—to really think—about how you are even able to think, and per­ceive… about how any of this exists at all. It’s truly mind bog­gling. Some­times I think it’s beyond the capa­bil­ity of the human intel­lect to com­pre­hend. Good thing we’re not merely human. ;)

    + 1 fol­lower
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    • Lance says:

      Lach,
      It’s great to have you here!

      Yes, it is easy to lose sight of the mir­a­cle within. We can eas­ily get wrapped up in the world around us, and miss out on what is truly amaz­ing about our own being.

      And then — you are right on. Just the abil­ity to think…wow!!! And to smile, and love, and blink, and feel…so, so amazing!!

      Lach, thanks so much for these very mean­ing­ful thoughts.…and for shar­ing the mir­a­cle of YOU here in this space…

      Peace,
      Lance

  15. Peggy Nolan says:

    I love this Lance! What a great way to start my day!!
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  16. Audra Krell says:

    How do you do it my friend? Oh how I needed a fresh word today. It is very hard work indeed to make our lives mean­ing­ful. Thank you for the sup­port and encour­age­ment. You are just like the star in this pic­ture Lance. Can’t wait to see your bright­ness in per­son!
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    • Lance says:

      Audra,
      Hey there, shiny awe­some mir­a­cle in this world!! So won­der­ful to have you here…always!!

      Lives of meaning…not some­thing that just happens…it does take us, being fully aware of what “mean­ing­ful” means to us.

      Audra, know that I see in you, very much, an over­flow­ing touch of won­der and beau­ti­ful light. And that…is a gift…to me, and to all who feel your presence.

      And that day of meeting…it’s com­ing quickly!! See you soon, won­der­ful one!

      Peace,
      Lance

  17. Evita says:

    Hi Lance

    Awe­some mes­sage and video! I am with Lori, hav­ing stud­ied and being truly in love with the human body, I appre­ci­ate this mes­sage being heard by all so much!!! Our bod­ies are so won­der­ful. We truly are the miracle.

    This is why I am so pas­sion­ate too about us tak­ing care of and sup­port­ing our bod­ies prop­erly. They are amaz­ing and can heal and pre­vent so much, but when we sup­port them prop­erly. We are the mir­a­cle, and we can live that out to its fullest poten­tial even more when we are con­scious of how we treat our bod­ies and our beings from the foods we eat to the thoughts we think.
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    • Lance says:

      Evita,
      Our body is such an amaz­ing ves­sel. I have a hard time fully grasp­ing just how that is — how we form our lives in the womb, and then becom­ing liv­ing, breath­ing humans…with all our amaz­ing fea­tures! Wow!!

      Evita, I know how much you believe in the care of our bod­ies — all parts — and at an even deeper level — the care of our souls. And when we do this, we are hon­or­ing this gift that we’ve been given — the amaz­ing body,mind, and soul that is ours.

      And know too, Evita, that YOU are a miracle…in so many beau­ti­ful ways. And it is always an honor to expe­ri­ence the cross­ing of our souls…and the gifts which that brings.

      Much peace,
      Lance

  18. Lance, what a beau­ti­ful gift you have given all of us by shar­ing this mes­sage today. You can’t pos­si­bly real­ize the impact you and your Jun­gle of Life mes­sages have on the world. You inspire me. Thank you for shar­ing the mir­a­cle of you with the mir­a­cle of me. You always bring me joy and awe in every mes­sage you send out.
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    • Lance says:

      Patri­cia,
      So won­der­ful hav­ing you here. And know that the words you have shared, they are land­ing upon my soul…in a very beau­ti­ful and car­ing way.

      You ARE a mir­a­cle, Patri­cia!! And a gift here in this place, in the very hon­est and real shar­ing that you do. I am hon­ored, always, by your presence.

      Peace,
      Lance

  19. WOW!!!!!!!!!!! Lance, always such pow­er­ful posts.. all of it hit me but then I came to this: It is hard work to fill one’s life with mean­ing. That I do not think you under­stand yet. A life filled with mean­ing is wor­thy of rest. I want to be wor­thy of rest when I am no longer here.”

    I want to be wor­thy of rest…

    Thx for a great & thought pro­vok­ing post!
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    • Lance says:

      Jody,
      …wor­thy of rest.…

      Such pow­er­ful words, that for me, too — have reached deep within my soul. From what I know, I have one life here on earth…and in that, if I can some­how add mean­ing to my life and also in some way touch another’s life in some car­ing way…life has been a success.

      Jody, you shine at being so sup­port­ive and car­ing. And that IS a mir­a­cle right there, amongst the mir­a­cle that YOU are!

      So, so won­der­ful hav­ing you in this space.

      Peace,
      Lance

  20. Joy says:

    Lance,
    I absolutely love that photo! Find myself wish­ing I had it on the boat, then real­ized I can open the hatch, look out­side and mar­vel in the night sky…
    The words you share here touch my heart. After a week­end spent lis­ten­ing to many many sto­ries, I find Love truly is the Answer, per­haps its in a cus­tom pack­age so each may be will­ing to accept it, but it is there wait­ing patiently for an open heart to swoop into…
    An open heart seems to be tricky for some..I heard pain, despair, dis­cour­age­ment, doubt, frustration..all of it..and I found myself beam­ing radi­ant Love and pray­ing that we would all real­ize how spe­cial, how per­fect, how won­der­fully made we are..and if we for­get we may look in a mir­ror or look into a loved one’s eyes because our reflec­tion is Love, pure gen­uine golden love…
    Thank you for shar­ing as you do:)
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    • Lance says:

      Joy,
      And I’m imag­in­ing that view…from your boat…the beauty of the sky, sur­rounded by the peace from what waters… (it’s a won­der­ful image…)

      LOVE. Four lit­tle let­ters that truly mat­ter. And you shine love…in so many beau­ti­ful ways. LOVE…I felt it’s pres­ence from within you this week­end, even not being with you. And that is love, from deep within your soul, reach­ing out — in ways that are so beautiful…

      Namaste,
      Lance

  21. Emergefit says:

    If one exists to read and under­stand the word “mir­a­cle”, then the mir­a­cle is ful­filled, yes…?

    The oppo­site of “miracel”.….?

    Unlikely”.

    I’ll take mir­a­cle over unlikely any day my friend. Very nice post!!!
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    • Lance says:

      Roy,
      Mmmm.…I’ll take mir­a­cle over unlikely any day, too!!

      And you shine it — buddy!!! You shine the mir­a­cle of YOU…and it’s awesome!!

      Peace,
      Lance

  22. Kyle Clouse says:

    Lance, this is a great post and great reminder. Thank you for shar­ing.
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    • Lance says:

      Kyle,
      Great to meet you!

      And I believe it’s some­thing we can never hear too much…just how amaz­ing our liv­ing being is. Kyle, that’s me, that’s you, that’s everyone…and that’s also all shades of awesome!

      Keep rock­ing the mir­a­cle of YOU!

      Peace,
      Lance

  23. Angelia Sims says:

    I couldn’t help but have tears in my eyes read­ing this beau­ti­ful piece. I, too, believe life is a mir­a­cle. From the tiny frag­ile cell we start — to the work­ings and grow­ing of our bod­ies to maturity.

    And when I stood in ER next to my hus­band of four days with the pos­si­bilty of a dam­aged heart that would need a trans­plant. I was grate­ful for every sec­ond of it and what­ever mir­a­cle of our life together we had left. Amaz­ing to find him in this huge world. Amaz­ing to have these mir­a­cle moments mag­ni­fied to be grate­ful for. Hum­bled by my love for him — no mat­ter what. Seven days later, it was just a virus and his heart was undam­aged. Mir­a­cles indeed.

    I know you always say it and you live it. Life is a mir­a­cle and thank you for always remind­ing me of that.
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    • Lance says:

      Angelia,
      Life is a pre­cious gift. I know that you fully under­stand this…especially after what you and your new­ly­wed hus­band have been through over that last cou­ple of weeks.

      YOU…are a mir­a­cle. And that I’ve had the beau­ti­ful oppor­tu­nity to meet you, and then — just your con­tin­ued pres­ence in my life — I know that amaz­ing mir­a­cle that you are. …and I am blessed…

      Much peace,
      Lance

  24. Lance, it is so good to be here today.
    I love this part you shared while it all res­onates so deeply..
    “It is hard work to fill one’s life with mean­ing. That I do not think you under­stand yet. A life filled with mean­ing is wor­thy of rest. I want to be wor­thy of rest when I am no longer here.“
    ~ Chaim Potok
    I am sort of torn between authen­tic play/working hard/and balance/gentle rest for nour­ish­ment to enjoy and give freely from what is replen­ished by inner well — but not rest in a lazy sense.
    I see the space, and want to fill it but now am open­ing up to really dis­cover what is the deep­est part that is call­ing my name –often this is the Impos­si­ble that wants to be made pos­si­ble. I want this to be my next step.. Clear­ing emo­tional spaces to do that.
    Thank you for this reflec­tion here today, it was help­ful to me. (hugs) peace and love, Jenn

    • Lance says:

      Jenn,
      I really want you to know just how much I feel your amaz­ing and beau­ti­ful pres­ence in my life. Know that I very much let that mir­a­cle of YOU…touch my soul…

      And Jenn…I just com­pletely love how your are liv­ing your life out. What a gift that is to all who are in some way impacted by your beau­ti­ful soul.

      So know also that I’ll sup­port you in any way to move even more deeply into that mean­ing of your life…

      YOU are a beau­ti­ful and amaz­ing miracle!

      Much peace,
      Lance

  25. Katie says:

    Lance, you never cease to amaze but I can’t say I’m sur­prised by this post. You are always so full of love and inspi­ra­tion that this post is just another exam­ple of the mir­a­cle that is Lance. Thank you for slow­ing my pace down at this moment and bring­ing me back to what’s impor­tant, real and alive.
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    • Lance says:

      Katie,
      You are sweet (one of many, many amaz­ing parts of YOU!). Thank you!!

      Within you, there is this amaz­ing and beau­ti­ful gift of your soul…one that has reached out and touched my heart. And what a gift that is!! Keep shin­ing the mir­a­cle of you…always…

      Peace and love,
      Lance

  26. Lance,
    I love com­ing to your blog and see­ing what trea­sures I will find. Today I found the reaf­fir­ma­tion of what I felt this morn­ing as I was hik­ing through the woods. The mir­a­cle of life! Amazing!

    I feel that this mir­a­cle of our own human body is so bril­liant, so beyond com­pre­hen­sion. “it is hard work to fill one’s life with mean­ing.” I agree that it is hard, but it is also so joy­ful and mean­ing­ful. As each of us is a mir­a­cle, each of us has a mir­a­cle and pur­pose to gift to the world. It is so fun to dis­cover what that might be.
    I believe that our gifts con­tinue to change, grow, and morph as we become older and wiser, too. That, in itself is a mir­a­cle, as we grow to adapt to bring new mean­ing to each phase of our lives.

    I think your gift right now is your remark­able abil­ity to put into poetic lan­guage impor­tant and mean­ing­ful inspi­ra­tion for all of your read­ers.
    As always, thank you for the gift of shar­ing your writ­ing. You have filled my life today with a reminder of the bless­ing of the mir­a­cle of me!
    Love,
    Jen
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    • Lance says:

      Jen,
      Nature…it’s such a gift, isn’t it. I love that you’re yes­ter­day included a hike in the woods…a place filled with mir­a­cles all around!!

      And then us…it really is hard to fully comprehend…just how amaz­ing our body (and all its inter­nal and exter­nal parts) is. What a beau­ti­ful mir­a­cle!!! And then — to think of how we can con­tinue to grow as we travel through our life…and in that…add even deeper mean­ing to our time here on earth! Wow!!

      Jen, you are won­der­fully sweet and caring…and it is so good to have you here. I feel your pres­ence very much, in this very moment…and what a won­der­ful thing that is!

      You are an amaz­ing and beau­ti­ful miracle!!

      Peace and love,
      Lance

  27. Lance, I’m speechless(which hap­pens very rarely)
    I’m blown away by the sim­plic­ity, beauty and sheer light of your words here. And that quote..my God my eyes feel like they are deep deep oceans just wait­ing to be discovered..right down to my soul.
    You are amazing..and I sec­ond Farnoosh…you got to got to got to…write that book! No slacker excuse will do my freind…no sireee.…
    Lots of love,
    Z~
    p.s. con­sid­er­ing I’m speechless.…that is quite a long comment..hmmm.…I’m back to chat­ter­box mode ;)
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    • Lance says:

      Zeenat,
      (grin) …almost speechless…

      Your soul is so, so beau­ti­ful, so filled with love, so car­ing, so com­pas­sion­ate. I feel this always from you…and that is a gift you give all those who travel this jour­ney, in some way, with you.

      A sweet, lov­ing, amaz­ing miracle…you…

      And that book…it’s get­ting closer…(to starting…)

      Much love always,
      Lance

  28. Hi Lance! Thanks for this won­der­ful reminder that we are all mir­a­cles and that life itself is a mir­a­cle. I mar­vel in this mir­a­cle of us all and how the uni­verse weaves mir­a­cles in per­fect sym­phony. It’s great to be here, to be alive, and to be shar­ing this mir­a­cle with you.
    Thanks for the inspi­ra­tion, my friend! Lov­ing bless­ings!
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    • Lance says:

      Andrea,
      Hi!!! And you are one very shiny, sparkly, extra sweet miracle!!

      What a great jour­ney to be on…knowing you are out there too, sweet friend…

      Peace,
      Lance

  29. Keith says:

    Lance,

    It’s about aware­ness isn’t? Being aware of the bless­ing of being alive, of the expe­ri­ences that fill each day. From the seem­ingly small to the extra­or­di­nary, embrac­ing each moment of life is, at least for me, the key.

    Thank s again my friend!
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    • Lance says:

      Keith,
      Yes, it sure is about aware­ness!! Being aware of just how amaz­ing LIFE is!! Because, if we’re not…we can eas­ily slip into a state of merely existing…even being the mir­a­cles that we each are.

      Keith, you are a shin­ing mir­a­cle here in this space…and it’s an honor to know you, and to have your pres­ence here…

      Much peace,
      Lance

  30. Steven says:

    Con­scious­ness is the great­est good we have.
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    • Lance says:

      Steven,
      Being con­scious of our being…and how amaz­ing that is…what a gift. And then…to also see that same thing in oth­ers, this just makes life that much more meaningful.

      Steven, YOU are a miracle…and it’s a gift hav­ing you here.

      Peace,
      Lance

  31. Chris Edgar says:

    Hi Lance — thanks for this — it’s def­i­nitely an extra­or­di­nary and mys­ti­fy­ing thing to be human. I feel a pleas­ant light­ness in my body when I think about the mys­tery of it. It’s one of those rare mys­ter­ies that can be sat­is­fy­ing to remem­ber and pon­der even if it can never be solved.

    • Lance says:

      Chris,
      It’s just so amazing…and so much of a mys­tery (love that word here!!)! Life…wow!! Our bodies…wow!!

      Chris, you are an amaz­ing gift to this world!! What a miracle…you and all that you do!!

      Keep shin­ing, my friend!

      Peace,
      Lance

  32. YOU are awe­some.
    YOU are a mir­a­cle.
    YOU are an inspi­ra­tion.
    To so many of us.

    xoxo
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  33. Dia says:

    Hi Lance,

    This is pow­er­ful. Each one of us is unique and true gift to the world. For sure, each one of us a mir­a­cle :) Thanks for shar­ing
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    • Lance says:

      Dia,
      We are all unique and amaz­ing wonderful!!

      So, Dia — know that you are exactly this, too. You are a mir­a­cle!! And it’s so awe­some to have you here in this place shar­ing you…

      Much peace,
      Lance

  34. J.D. Meier says:

    > if we mea­sure our lives against eter­nity
    That’s a tough measure.

    This reminded me of my guest post on Patricia’s Wis­dom, where I tried to answer the ques­tion, “How do you mea­sure a life?”

    At the end of the day, most mean­ing­ful mat­ters just aren’t that mea­sur­able, but they sure are price­less.
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    • Lance says:

      JD,
      Eter­nity is some­thing that is really not fully grasp-able (in my opin­ion). So, that is a chal­leng­ing mea­sure to make. What it says to me — the span of our life, the length of time we are alive here on this earth in the form we’re in today — that’s a minus­cule por­tion of this eternity.

      And so that’s really it — it’s not about mea­sur­ing our life in com­par­i­son to eter­nity. It’s about the moments of our life, and the mean­ing they have for us.…which is very much priceless…

      Keep shin­ing your miracle!!

      Peace,
      Lance

  35. Hi Lance, This is my first visit to your blog and I’ve only been able to read the last sev­eral posts. All I can say is what an absolutely BEAUTIFUL encour­ag­ing blog this is! I’m excited to sub­scribe and also read some of your archives.

    Life is just so very pre­cious. I needed to read this article..today..so badly! “You pos­sess unlim­ited poten­tial” really leaped out at me .

    Look­ing for­ward to read­ing more!!

    • Lance says:

      Julie,
      So great to “meet” you, and thank you for your visit here!

      You are an amaz­ing, beau­ti­ful soul! I know this — just hav­ing this be our first meet­ing. Julie, believe this always. There really is that unlim­ited poten­tial within you!!!

      You are a miracle!

      Peace,
      Lance

  36. Adrenalynn says:

    Yesyesyesyes!!! I should just play this 24/7 in my office, in my car, in my house, when I sleep.… Let me tell you, my friend; YOU are truly the mir­a­cle. I hope you real­ize the impact you have on so many lives, mine included. You are a force for change in this world, don’t doubt it for a sec­ond!
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  37. Great arti­cle very inspir­ing one I really like this oneThere are only two ways to live your life. One is as though noth­ing is a mir­a­cle. The other is as if every­thing is.Keep sharing

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