‘Impossible’ but true

MANILA, Philippines – Just in time for Christmas, we recently viewed a reality TV story that quickly went viral, because it affirmed the earnest view and hope that the Yuletide season is the time for miracles:

Some weeks ago, two orphaned sisters prayed that they would be adopted by a loving couple in time for them to celebrate Christmas 2013 with a new family.

Instead of just praying, however, they decided to actualize their dream by joining a church group’s plan to release 30 balloons, each with a message attached to it, and see if any of those airborne missives would get a response.

Well, it turned out that, of the 30 balloons released that day, only the orphaned sisters’ “flying kiss” had its intended effect: After traveling 400 miles across three states, the girls’ balloon ended up in the hands of a couple in their 50s who had already reared sons to adulthood.

You would think that, after all that, they would want to relax and enjoy their remaining years together. But, there was “something” about the girls’ earnest plea that hit the “graduate” parents where they lived and breathed.

In addition, the new adoptive mother shared that, after bringing up boys, she dreamed of rearing daughters, for a change. —Well, she finally got her wish!

Happy ending

The sisters’ story went viral because its happy ending was so “impossibly” achieved. Who would have thought that a small balloon, floating willy-nilly for hundreds of miles, would eventually bring together two yearning, hopeful girls and their new adoptive parents? It seems to be the stuff of which fairy tales or fantasies are made—and yet, it really came to pass!

Aside from moving many viewers, the reality TV story inspired others to similarly believe in the realization of “impossible” dreams of their own—as long as they didn’t stop at dreaming, but acted to set the “fateful” process in motion.

There was also the feeling that the girls got what they yearned for, because they “deserved” it. Their becoming orphans was not of their own doing—but, instead of just feeling sorry for themselves, they made sure that they were good people, so they psychically attracted the attention and love of similarly fine individuals, who ended up adopting them.

Fate isn’t a foregone conclusion, it’s a cycle of imponderables mysteriously impinging on one another—until the prefect link is made!