Our results classes this week have revealed that miracles are most often associated with events caused by a spiritual power and that magic is associated with the wish of human beings to do the impossible.
We discussed the Arthur C. Clarke observation that, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
Consider, then, that social writer, Eric Hoffer who said, “When everything is possible, miracles become commonplace and the familiar ceases to be self-evident.”
Is it possible to take miracles, magic – and even their closely-related contemporary cousin, magic – for granted?
How do you maintain – assuming you have one – a sense of wonder and gratitude for your experiences and the people, places and things that are part of it?