Expect a Miracle

Just like you, I’m a mother who tries to live her best life, knowing that this is the very best example I can give to my children.

Evie, Bella and I talk constantly about good choices, about listening to your heart, and about being kind to others.

So I was thrilled recently, when I came across this wonderful idea. An Australian man has created a PDF that you can download, and the PDF can be printed out on card and cut down into little cards.

The cards simply say “Expect a Miracle”.

Isn’t that beautiful? So simple – yet those very words could change the life of a person who reads them at just the right time.

I told my girls about these cards, and we printed off a sheet and they helped cut them into individual cards. I then tucked the cards into a small, zip-lockable bag, and popped it into my handbag.

We thought of all sorts of places we could use the cards, including at our local shopping centre (mall). Whenever we visit the mall toilets (restrooms), we come across rather sad advertising that’s directed at people with depression, ads that give such people a website and phone number for them to receive help. I don’t really like my girls seeing these ads and having the concept of depression imprinted on them at such a young age, but the ads are unavoidable, given that they’re usually in each cubicle.

So, we decided that sometimes we would randomly tuck these cards around the ads. We spoke of how someone who is feeling very sad might see the cards, and suddenly expect a miracle in their lives, and that their lives might just change right on the spot, just because they saw the cards! This idea was so exciting to the girls, and their beautiful little faces just lit up whenever we talked about how the cards could help somebody.

They then thought that we could sometimes tuck the cards under the windscreen wipers of cars in the carpark, and that we could drive by houses on the way home and just pick out a random house, popping a card into their letterbox if we felt that someone at that house might need this card to brighten their day.

If you’d like to download the cards (they’re free!), head to the Expect a Miracle website. If you have a spare 10 minutes, take a look around the site – it’s filled with heartwarming stories of miracles, and of people making positive change in the world.

I love the idea that I’ve been able to sow another seed in the fertile ground of my children’s consciousness, and can only imagine the impact that these powerful little cards could have on millions of people around the world.

Isn’t life just miraculous?