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Find the Miracle
(by Alan Cohen)

"On a journey through a jungle, a king accidentally cut off his toe
while chopping a coconut. "That's wonderful," exclaimed his advisor.
"There is a blessing here." The king, angered at the advisor's flippancy,
threw him in a pit and left him there.

The next day, the king was apprehended by a band of headhunters who
decided he would make a good sacrifice. When the tribal priest noticed that
his toe was missing, the headhunters released him as an imperfect specimen.
Suddenly the king realized that the advisor was correct, and he returned to
the pit and apologize profusely.

"No apology necessary," said the advisor. "It was also a blessing
that you threw me in this hole."

"How is that?" asked the king, incredulous.

"Because if I was with you, the headhunters would have taken ME for
the sacrifice!"

Imagine that everything that happens to you is assigned by divine
order. If you look for miracles, you will find them."

Help me see the good in everything.

I am in the presence of love,
taken care of at all times in all ways."