Mother of the Bride

 
  I am always surprised on how the Universe works in my favor.  I should not be.  After 54 years of existence on this planet called Earth, I would of thought that miracles were an everyday occurrence and should come as no surprise, they are actually part of life.  I did not think about this stuff as a child. I just knew that is how the world worked and I do not recall when I stopped believing in them.  I do remember when I started believing again, when I had children and stayed home with them until they were old enough to go to school, everyday was a miracle that I lived through it.  Not that my kids were bad, as kids go, they were pretty good, but still.  I did start praying more when I had them, for them and for me.  And sometimes when I had a moment to contemplate I realized that although I had not paid attention to all the miracles happening in my life, they were still happening.  To paraphrase Albert Einstein, "You either believe everything is a miracle or nothing is."  As I get older, I notice miracles more often or maybe it is I expect miracles more often, but I am still surprised when they hit me in the face like a brick wall, well maybe more like a soft sponge.
     I was having trouble with a personality at work.  They were brass, loud, opinionated, took over the whole room and just plain annoying.  My perception was making my days at work unpleasant.  I had just finished a book by Dan Harris, "10% Happier", (I strongly recommend reading it ) and he mentioned a meditation called "Meta Meditation".  I had read about the meditation before and since it was very recent, I paid attention.  In a nutshell the mediation goes:  "May you be happy, may you be healthy, may you be safe and may you live your life with ease."  The instructions are to start with yourself, then a mentor, a friend, a neutral person, a difficult person and then all beings.  Since I tend to make my own rules (which is why Algebra and I have never been friends), I did the meditation on this so called difficult person at work, about 3 days ago.  I did notice the next day that she was much less annoying, that a shift had taken place.  Yesterday she brought me a gift out of the blue, a pin that said, "Mother of the Bride", stating, "You can wear this at your daughter's bridal shower next weekend.".  I would not normally wear something so blingy, but you bet I will be wearing it.  The gift was such a small gesture, but to me it was another nod from the Universe stating, "Good job, keep up the great work!"  So, to all that read this blog and others it may reach from wherever this blog goes to into the black hole of the web:  May you be happy.  May you be healthy.  May you be safe.  May you live your life with ease.