That's because your memory is designed to focus on the significance and meaning of events in your life rather than the details. (gottman.com)
They talk in fragmented ways, without fully understanding the full consequences of meaning of events. (qaeducation.co.uk)
A third view is that miracles are faith - symbols, that they are dramatic representations of the inner meaning of events to those who witnessed them with the eye of faith. (religion-online.org)