Magic

Tonight as I was kicking back relaxing with the two most amazing people in my life I had one of those incredibly powerful moments of realization that one only experiences perhaps a handful of times throughout the course of their life.

You know the ones I'm talking about... the ones that you feel from the deepest part of your core... the ones that make you feel closer to truth (whatever that means) than anything else in the world... and although you can't quite find the words to pinpoint it or form it into something quite tangible... you "Know" it... and you "Feel" it...

We happened to be watching the movie Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium at the time. Now... I wasn't expecting all that much from this movie. In fact, if I remember correctly it received quite dreadful reviews when it hit the box office. However, I'm not sure if it was just the feeling in the air tonight... or the fact that I was watching it with my kids... but it touched me... deeper than any movie I have seen recently... to the point where I was actually in tears throughout it's entirety... each new chapter of the story bringing with it a fresh wave of thought and feeling.

As crazy as it probably sounds... and although I am firmly in touch with the reality in this world (well at least I think I am)... There has always been this small part of me that believes that the world is a magical place. Oh sure, it may not be magical in a way that only hollywood or Walt Disney himself could portray... but it's there... if you stop and give your self a chance to see it.... and feel it.

In the notes of a song... or the way the light falls through the leaves of a tree... or the look on a child's face as they take in the world around them... The only word that can possibly be used to describe moments like this is indeed, "Magical".

Too often I forget what it was like to look at the world from my own eyes as a child. To see and feel the magic in every single moment... so much so that time itself stands still.

There is this great quote that I am reminded of...

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
-- Abraham Lincoln

On this night, I spent the rest of the evening giggling and kissing and hugging these little people in my life with a feeling of gratitude for all that they remind me of about Life and Love... and Magic :)

We ended the night with more kisses and wishes for sweet dreams... and as I lie here and type this to you all... There is a single happy tear in the corner of my eye.

Goodnight My Friends... Sweet Dreams