Asking for a Miracle

Asking for a Miracle:

so the question I find myself most often asking these days is on varying themes of letting go, maybe it’s my age, as loss now feels more keen and frequent, and there’s so much I still wish to hold on to. What I’m asking, seeking guidance from the Holy Spirit, is how do I let go of this, and it’s a most cherished relationship, or something of the highest value, essential really — and the answer that arrives, one that satisfies but, of course, makes it no easier…

nothing needs to be let go of.

I’m simply asking the wrong question.

what I need to ask for is a miracle, another way of seeing these always shifting perceptions of life. I’m at my greatest loss right now, just a few years since my father’s passing, news of close friends who have lost their last battles, financial uncertainty, and my most loving relationship no longer seeming so secure. I don’t know how to let go. I don’t want to let go. This loss, with more certainly to come, is all too much for me to bear.

especially alone.

I really do need a miracle.

and here’s the guidance given — I’m never asked to let go of anything, surrendering the people I most love, the possessions I cherish is beyond my capabilities. I’m only asked to love, that it, to just love myself through the…