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A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.
-- Henry David Thoreau
 

 

Monday, August 5, 2024

See the magic

A magical light reaches softly into every corner of the world. Sometimes you can see it.

It sparkles brightly in the eyes of a child who has just discovered for the first time. It warms the forest floor after a bitter, windy storm.

You can think yourself way too busy and sophisticated to pay attention. Yet the magic remains there to enchant, any time you give it the chance.

In the weariness of a sleepless night, you suddenly feel an uncanny comfort. Rounding the top of another mundane hill, you delight in the golden valley stretching out before your eyes.

It’s funny how the magic appears when you least expect it, and most need it. Almost as if to remind you how much you can care, how alive you can be.

You’ve seen the magic once and again, enough to know it is real. Maybe if you were a little more open, just imagine the wonders you’d behold.

— Ralph Marston

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