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Although in my previous post I had described a difference between miracles and magick, there is little difference. For those of us on a spiritual path it is about the healing vibrations that are accepted through a universal divine.  I do not believe in God per say, but many goddesses and gods.  Yet, I pray and light candles for those in need of help, whether it be physical, emotional, or even spiritually.  This is the same thing as going into the church and lighting a candle and kneeling down to pray.  I seek assistance from the universal order of things.  We all have that power of healing within us, we just need to tap into it.  As children we are stiffled and all those things that we are told were only imagination could have in fact been quite real.  We are then instilled with what adults believe to be normal and our abilities to truly dream and believe in the unordinary are squashed.  I believe that Dr. Phil has offered so many people so much help.  There are never any right or true answers and it is up to each individual to decided.  Do they want to get well?  Do they want to stop the abusive patterns in their lives?  Do they want the help to begin with?  And if not, why would they be on the show to begin with.  People have choices and Dr. Phil presents them with ideas and ways out of various situations and offers his help.  It is up to the participate as to whether or not they will accept the hand of  healing, so to speak.  I do not believe he gives false hope, for we all look for hope in times of darkness.  We all look for that beacon of light that perhaps things will get better.  He does not tell them that truly, in deed, in fact, this is the 'CURE', but gives them the opportunity to try something different that may  help.  If we do not seek out the answers we may never know if we could have done anything to change our circumstances or situations.  Dr. Phil offers those opportunities if not for anything else but the "hopes" that it will work.  So many people are not given the chances that these people have had.... 

BRAVO Dr. Phil....YOU ROCK!!! 

Six years ago my daughter was born 13 weeks early due to severe preeclampsia.  At birth she weighed 1 lb. 12 oz.  She went through (among other things) anemia, numerous blood transfusions, retinopathy of prematurity, sepsis, infections, pneumonia, and necrotizing enterocolitis which required immediate surgery to remove parts of her large and small intestine.  She has short-bowel syndrome (due to the surgery), mild chronic lung disease, and is mildly mentally handicapped with a communication disorder.  To say that praying for a miracle is because it takes the pressure to do something about their situation off of themselves is ridiculous.  I, nor the doctors, knew what my daughter's outcome would be.  If there were anything I could have done to prevent her from getting so sick or going through so much in just her first 6 years of life, I would have gladly done it.  However, not everything is contributed to "science".  There are some things in life that are just not able to be explained, even medically.  So if you don't believe in miracles, that's fine.  But never will I stop when I know there are others out there who just may need one.   

I disagree.  There are some things that happen that even science and medicine can't explain.  People need something to believe in, for me that is god.  That doesn't mean that I sit around and don't try to help myself, but sometimes we all need a little help from above. 

Today's show brought me to tears.  The stories on this show were so sad, but yet inspiring too.  I know what it is like to live with pain, and to be left out of things.  I have what doctors call ocular albinism, which is something that effects my vision.  I was born completely blind and the doctors told my parents that I would never see.  They prayed for a miracle, one the doctor said would never happen.  At five months old I began seeing shadows, something the doctors couldn't explain.  At two years old I could see the moon, and by the time I was five I could see the stars. 

My vision is still bad, but I deal with it.  I don't let it stop me from doing anything, but I can't drive.  That is the hardest thing of all for me.  My daughter is in kindergarten this year and I sometimes have to tell her that she can't do activities because I have no way to get her there.  I've always wanted to be the soccer mom, and join the PTO, but it's just not meant to be for me.  It is hard watching the disappoint on my kids' faces because we can't go places like other families.  If my husband isn't home then we stay home. 

also, it's hard for me to be out in the sun.  Even with sunglasses on the sun hurts my eyes.  I don't have the pigmentation in my eyes to block out the light like other people do.  I can't see in the sun, and I get terrible headaches and my eyes hurt like they are on fire.  In the summer I have to wait until the sun goes down to take my kids on walks or to the park.  It just hurts too bad to try and take them in the afternoon.  In the winter, the snow makes everything so much brighter that I cover my eyes in the car and while outside. 

It's hard to know I that I can't do everything with my children that I want to.  Even so, I still consider myself blessed.  I have two wonderful children, a loving husband, and even though it's not perfect god has given me the gift of sight.  I would not trade my life for anything.  Miracles do happen, I am living proof, as are many others, like the guests on today's show.  I was never supposed to see, but I can now.