Expecting The Extraordinary

By Susan Apollon

Albert Einstein once said of miracles: “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” 

Studies in Quantum Physics suggest that anyone with the right mindset can live a life rich in miracles from the small to the momentous. You simply have to foster your ability to invite them in. Here are a few suggestions and insights that will prepare you to receive your own miracles:

• Give yourself permission to be open to extraordinary experiences. As a psychologist who has sat with patients who have shared countless wondrous stories of small and large miraculous events in their lives, I have come to recognize that the ability to experience miracles is often dependent on whether or not you choose to allow for the possibility of miracles in your life. Accept that you will allow the universe to do its good and it will respond accordingly. 

• Rediscover your spirituality. Take time to connect with your own soul and with the Source by returning to, or visiting for the first time, prayer, ritual, and faith. Learn to meditate while breathing deeply or do yoga. Most of all, try to reach a point at which you feel your connection to the universe and everything in it. 

• Commit to making significant changes in negative thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. This is especially important for a person suffering an illness because “anxiety and desperation have a strong tendency to block your ability to heal. To change this stone-set pattern we must always be aware of what we are feeling and then consciously change our thoughts, replacing negative or disturbing images with positive and empowering ones.

• Keep a synchronicity journal. Synchronicity is the flow of “meaningful coincidences” that indicate life, all life, is connected in a complex web of psychic moments, signs and symbols, and shivers of spiritual connectedness. The sheer volume of these subtle miracles that happen in so many different lives adds up to powerful evidence of “something greater.” 

• Write your intentions down. In detail, record on paper with joyful enthusiasm exactly what you desire from the universe—daily. Expect good things to be placed in your path and they will come—be it a spiritual visit from a passed loved one, a new chance in a waning relationship, or a miraculous recovery.

• Above all, keeping your heart brimming full of love and compassion is the most important factor needed in the creation of miracles. If we all are somehow connected together, this simple intention is the healing balm needed to rescue Earth and all souls upon it. What better way to begin fresh in the New Year than with a new faith-based attitude that risks little sorrow and at most promises unprecedented hope and joy? 

“I think we’re all hungry for that, even diehard skeptics. Especially diehard skeptics. My overarching message is that life itself is extraordinary—miraculous! And all it takes to realize that is to open your eyes and see the amazing things that surround us all, every day.”

Susan Apollon has worked as a psychotherapist, psychologist, and healer. Coming from a family of physicians Susan’s intent is to heal (emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually), at the level of the soul—and always with love and compassion. “Intention is everything,” she often tells her patients. “With love, clear intent, and choice, transformation, healing, and very often, spiritual awakening, become our reality. And when this occurs, everything feels wonderful.” Please visit  www.touchedbytheextraordinary.com  

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