Nicole Charest
To bless is to acknowledge the omnipresent, universal beauty hidden to material eyes; it is to activate the law of attraction which, from the furthest reaches of the universe, will bring into your life exactly what you need to experience and enjoy. Pierre Pradervand
It’s strange to think that some of our most fervent prayers, those desires so deeply rooted within us, can go unanswered. Yet, looking back, haven’t we all had a moment when we realized that this divine silence was actually a blessing in disguise? Our lives are full of unfulfilled wishes that, in the end, helped to shape us, protect us, or even guide us towards something greater than we had imagined.
When we long for something, we often have a limited vision of what it could really bring to our existence. We imagine it will fill a void or lead us to happiness. But sometimes, what we believe to be a luminous path can hide pitfalls of which we are unaware. Herein lies the wisdom of the mystery: what we don’t receive can be just as crucial as what we do receive.
Over time, we realize that certain rejections, certain closures, certain absences were unexpected gifts. It was the unchosen detours that allowed us to grow, to understand what we were really looking for. We often think we know what’s right for us, but life, in its wisdom.
Acknowledging that not all our prayers have been answered is an invitation to embrace life’s uncertainty with confidence. There’s a peace to be found in accepting that we see only a fraction of the picture, and that some unanswered wishes may in fact open unexpected doors. It’s this gratitude, this humility in the face of the immensity of what we can’t control, that leads us to give thanks, not for what we’ve received, but for what we didn’t get.
In the end, unanswered prayers become answers in themselves. They guide us, shape us, and reveal dimensions of ourselves we might never have explored had everything been offered to us as we asked.
Source, with permission Nicole Charest – lapetitedouceur.org
