Brenda H
I came into recovery for the first time at 28 years old. I had no idea what was going on. I found myself coming back into recovery a second time after 2.5 years sober, and a third time after 8.5 years sober. I could get sober, sure, but I could not STAY sober.
Something was missing. Somthing BIG was missing. That something, was everything.
That something was a power greater than myself. For me, that something was SOTU.
About 3 months into my third attempt at sobriety I was out for a run. About a mile into the run I was struck and overwhelmed with cravings. “Uggg…When is this going to stop?”
I began to cry. It’s hard to run when you’re crying. “Spirit!” I prayed “please, please show me a sign, ANY sign. Are you there? I need to know you’re there.” I began to relax and continued to run. 4 miles later I was ending my run. Out of the corner of my eye I saw something–a shadow, movement. I stopped and turned. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. A hundred, at the very least, dragonflies fluttering about. They were everywhere. I fell to my knees and wept. Dragonflies were just about my favorite creature on the planet. They are my spiritual totem. I asked Spirit for a sign and it sent one. Well, not one mind you, over hundred. It was miraculous.
When I got home I wrote it all down. This experience awakened me. I began to become aware. In this new awareness I experienced miracles with regularity. I wrote them all down too.
When I am discouraged, grieving, or otherwise feeling disconnected from source, I pick up my Miracle book and I remember. I remember it all. Every miracle, every sign, every reminder of how loved I am. I was made with intention. I know this because I exist.
My Miracle Book lives on today. Synchronicity is part of my daily life-yes, my daily life. It is no longer the exception. It is the rule.
