Here it is hump day due day, and only now do I begin this post. I beg your pardon…<\/p>\n
Before our Thanksgiving feast, between 30-40 family and friends gather \u2018round to hold hands and give thanks. Some say only a few words. Others are known to be, shall we say, more expressive? Some think this tradition redundant, but I love it. It\u2019s pure. It\u2019s honest. It\u2019s cathartic. Tears are shed. Smiles are savored. And it\u2019s the only time of day that we pause to listen to all as One. We gather together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I heard this song on the radio a couple of days before Thanksgiving. It was a live performance by musician, John Craigie. His troubadour style captured my attention and I thought how well his lyrical miracle paired with gratitude. Perfect for the circle.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>I committed to memory what I wanted to express. (In memorization, I omitted the lines about presidents\u2026politics belonging nowhere near this reverent space.)\u00a0<\/span>Then comments were made about folks talking too long and I copped out. Lesson learned: If you\u2019re feeling it and the timing is right, don\u2019t worry about being judged. Follow the heart\u2019s flow. It was time to share that message, and I let it go.<\/p>\n So please indulge me; I\u2019m putting down what I still yearn to be shared. Next year, no; the time is NOW. And here:<\/p>\n \u201cJust take a minute to realize,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n All it took to make you<\/p>\n Your parents had to meet,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n As random as that was<\/p>\n And hang out long enough at least,<\/p>\n To make some love<\/p>\n And make a baby<\/p>\n And give it your name<\/p>\n And ALL your ancestors had to do the same<\/p>\n Exponentially backwards<\/p>\n To the start of life<\/p>\n So much had to happen,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Just exactly right<\/p>\n Sparks had to catch,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Oceans had to freeze,<\/p>\n Billions of cells had to survive,<\/p>\n Endless disease,<\/p>\n Civilizations had to crumble,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Wars had to be fought,<\/p>\n Bad presidents had to get elected,<\/p>\n Good presidents had to get shot<\/p>\n People had to leave,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Hearts had to get broken,<\/p>\n People had to die,<\/p>\n Just so your eyes could open<\/p>\n The Universe is not against you,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It went through a lot<\/p>\n Just to give you a chance,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It must Have wanted you pretty bad<\/p>\n No pressure though, no pressure though<\/p>\n The Universe went through a lot but no pressure, bro<\/p>\n You don\u2019t gotta be perfect, you don\u2019t gotta be a saint<\/p>\n Just don\u2019t waste it, this was not a mistake<\/p>\n It\u2019s a miracle that you\u2019re here at all.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Einstein said there are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019m grateful for every miracle standing here in this circle, and for those we love, near or far,\u00a0<\/span>whose miracle of presence lives forever within.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here it is hump day due day, and only now do I begin this post. I beg your pardon… Before our Thanksgiving feast, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-34"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelbeing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelbeing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelbeing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelbeing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelbeing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1755"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/travelbeing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2455,"href":"https:\/\/travelbeing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1755\/revisions\/2455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/travelbeing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelbeing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/travelbeing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}