Agreed on both here. Can't sit around hoping for a miracle. You gotta put in your positive energy everywhere you go, despite the situation.
Often when things are bad in our lives, thats when we finally open up and ask God for his good graces. We should open up to God when things are good, because we realize in the moment the blessings we've received. My past year could have been so much worse, but we ended up buying a great house for a great price because the window of opportunity/interest rates were pretty much perfect for our situation. I didn't lose my job, as many did. Its quite humbling when you see God has blessed you. I'm so very thankful and grateful for His blessings.
Miracles don't have to be some impossible, otherworldly event. Miracles can be quite small and unnoticed by most. Showing kindness to people, getting someone to smile......changing the course of their day towards a better outcome. Those are acts of God, in my opinion. We were put on this earth to build each other up, not tear each other down. Its easy to fall into a habit of criticizing people, trolling, attacking others.....because that somehow makes us feel larger and hold some sort of power, but only temporarily. But if I can alter the trajectory of someone's day for the better and make them feel love, I feel like that's a tiny thimble sized miracle and very much worth trying to accomplish. You never know what the other person may be going through, and that small act of kindness just may be what they needed to continue pushing through this tough thing called life.
Anyways. That's my message for the day, not sure where I'm quite going with it. But I felt like saying it.