“The way of the miracle-worker is to see all human behavior as one of two things: either love, or a call for love.”
― Marianne Williamson

Several months ago I joined a local group that is studying the book A Course in Miracles.  It’s been a book I’ve had an interest in learning more about, and I subscribe to the belief that it’s always more fun to be part of a group!  Over the last few months, the leader of this group has been encouraging us to look at every interaction we have with others as either an expression of love or a call for love.  Seems easy enough, doesn’t it?  Once we recognize that someone’s behavior is a call for love, it changes what we see.  It opens us up to having empathy rather than thinking they are a jerk, or high maintenance, or whatever other reactionary thought might pop into our minds.  To illustrate my point, I’d like to share with you a personal example.

Here is the scene: It’s Sunday night.  My husband is planning an early to bed night in preparation for a busy week at work.  Monday is a school holiday.  My youngest daughter asks me if we can have a girls game night with her friend and her friend’s mom.  I say, “Yes!”.  Around 9:30 PM, our games are in full swing, and my husband heads up to bed.  Shortly there after, I get a text from him saying, “Sorry to be a pain, but can you turn things down a notch?”.  OK, I think, this is what a call for love looks like.  You see, unlike my husband, I have no problems sleeping – anywhere, anytime.  So my reactionary thought was, “We really aren’t being that loud.”, but instead of acting on this thought, I choose to see this as a call for love, reply “Yes.”, and then asked everyone to be a little quieter.  Several minutes later I received a second text.  This one reads, Music too.  Bass carries.  Again I get the chance to practice recognizing that as a call for love and I turn down the music.  Without this framework, I easily could have rolled my eyes, given my husband a hard time and generally just not have been very loving.  I’m glad I chose to love in response to his call for love.  This is what everyday miracles look like in action.

Where are you being called to be a miracle-worker?  Who in your life is calling out for love?  What will it take for you to be able to respond to them with the love they are asking for?  I challenge you to recognize that it is a choice.  What will you choose?  I hope you’ll look for opportunities to practice love because when you do, you become a miracle-worker.  

Today’s author: Laura Hall is an iPEC certified life coach who believes every woman deserves a coach.  She offers both one on one as well as group coaching services.  She can be reached at [email protected] or check out her website at www.hallcoaching.com.

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