{"id":442,"date":"2011-04-22T00:33:30","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T04:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/haveamagnificentday\/?p=442"},"modified":"2011-04-24T19:54:50","modified_gmt":"2011-04-24T23:54:50","slug":"do-you-believe-in-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/haveamagnificentday\/2011\/04\/do-you-believe-in-magic.html","title":{"rendered":"Do You Believe In Magic?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hickerphoto.com\/data\/media\/186\/cascade-flowers_11438.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Cascade Flowers Rock Wall Gourdon France\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the French Alps, out of the side of a rock, grows a beautiful purple plant.<br \/>\nOut of seemingly impossible circumstances, God&#8217;s beauty grows and thrives.<\/p>\n<p>Life can appear barren and bleak, almost hopeless.<br \/>\nAnd yet something incredible emerges and new life blossoms.<\/p>\n<p>Our minds are quite limited compared to infinite consciousness and infinite intelligence.<br \/>\nThere is so much more that is beyond our wildest understanding.<\/p>\n<p>So, do you believe in magic?<br \/>\nCan you believe in the invisible and see the incredible?<\/p>\n<p>Prove that love exists.<br \/>\nProve that God exists.<br \/>\nYou either believe it, trust it and feel it in your heart or you do not.<br \/>\nLife can be quite an interesting riddle or paradox.<\/p>\n<p>When you have nothing left to give, somehow a new source of energy is discovered.<br \/>\nWhen you are at the end of your rope, somehow a new well of patience is revealed.<br \/>\nWhen everyone else walks out of your life, a real friend walks in.<\/p>\n<p>When you are down to pure faith and belief, miracles can happen.<br \/>\nDo you believe in miracles?<\/p>\n<p>Wonderful things are happening all around you.<br \/>\nAre you looking with an open mind and heart and are you looking for the good?<\/p>\n<p>As humans, we tend to find what we are looking for.<br \/>\nAs divine, spiritual beings, we can discover the wonder that God blesses us with.<\/p>\n<p>We know what we know and we don&#8217;t know what we don&#8217;t know.<br \/>\nAnd clearly we don&#8217;t know a lot more than we know.<br \/>\nSo why not be open and curious to discover the glory of life?<\/p>\n<p>Life is a magnificent adventure.<\/p>\n<p>smiles,<br \/>\n\ud83d\ude42 Lee<br \/>\n<em>The Mega Coach<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the French Alps, out of the side of a rock, grows a beautiful purple plant. 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