Dear Angels,

I am ready to receive the graces I have not yet asked for, the blessings I have not yet imagined, and the miracles I have not yet thought possible. May I be open to receiving what my heart needs, even when I cannot yet see the way.

Lake Huron, On

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I found myself repeating those words, and the more I sat with them, the more I began to think about what they really meant.

What if some of the most beautiful things that come into our lives are the things we never knew to ask for?

We spend so much of our lives asking for specific outcomes. We ask for healing, love, security, answers, opportunities, and a little relief from whatever life has placed in front of us.

But what about the blessings we haven’t even imagined?

What about the unexpected door, the person who appears at just the right moment, the sudden clarity, the opportunity that changes everything?

And perhaps most importantly, what happens when we stop trying to control how those blessings arrive?

Perhaps we have been so busy asking for what we think we need that we haven’t left room for what…