HomeIn the night I saw a YouTube video of the latest Supernatural convention in Toronto over the weekend. In the night I go to the comments section.
In the night I write…
“I saw a Miracle thanks to Jared…
I was reading a book (I haven’t finished it yet so no spoilers please on the ending) called ‘Where the Forest Meets the Stars’ by Glendy Vanderah and part of the premise of this book is the main protagonist meets a mysterious child who calls herself Ursa who claims to be from another planet and that she can only return to that planet when she witness five miracles. These aren’t grand, religious miracles that can impact humanity, they are small moments of ‘life’ where she sees something extraordinary in quiet little events that could and almost certainly would pass for ordinary to anyone else. In the video Jared is apologizing for being late to get on stage because he was Facetiming with his family because it was the first day back from camp for one of his sons and Jared starts crying because he loves his son SO much had missed seeing and talking to his son SO much. He apologizes, turns his back to the audience to try and regain his composure, dabs a tissue at his eyes, and after a moment finds perhaps he can’t and turns back around still teary eyed. That moment of courage and bravery, of turning back to the audience while still being vulnerable and allowing a room of mostly strangers see that vulnerability is the miracle. He ‘chose’ to let others see him be vulnerable. Choosing vulnerability is one of the hardest and bravest choices a person can make. For a man who grew up in a generation of men who were taught at a young age by movies and media and social cues that that is not okay, that was an extraordinarily moving moment. It was one of those quiet, little events that can be passed for ordinary when in fact it was a Miracle.
I ask others and if anyone is looking for a question to ask the boys at a future convention feel free to use this one, what is a moment where you saw a Miracle?”
In the day I write…
Thank god I didn’t actually leave that comment because I sound so stupid. My words are not special and are ridicul0us. What would I hope to accomplish by actually sharing that? I am not brave, I am not strong enough to choose vulnerability. I don’t have any miracles in me.