Colin is convinced that something he calls "the magic" explains the wonders of the world. What do you think he means by the "magic"? Can you think of other ways to express the same idea?
There are so many words for the magic, but whatever you call it, I believe in it.
Faith might be one word for it. whether it be faith in God, or in nature, or in yourself.
Just believing and hoping are very powerful. There is so much power in positive thinking, and unfortunaltely in negative thinking as well as we saw with Colin when he thought he was dying.
I agree with Julie too. I think the 'magic' can be seen in all of our lives.. when someone reaches out to you just when you need it, when you find strength you didn't know you had, when you have an answer to a prayer you have been waiting for... I truly believe every day is filled with small and large miracles if we will notice them and I think that is 'magic'.
"Magic" is feeling and seeing the beauty around, finding strength that you didn't know you had, perservering, feeling love and hope, accomplishing things you didn't know you could, and being able to be released from the fears and anger one has felt before. It must have been so liberating for Colin...and Mary...to leave behind the sad things in their lives that they had previously felt and feared and to really begin LIVING!! That must have felt like "magic".
We are a group of sisters, mothers, daughters, cousins, aunts, grandmothers, and friends coming together because of our shared love of reading.
Annegirl
Favorite books are the Anne series and Emily series by L.M Montgomery, the Harry Potter series by JK Rowling, Timeline and Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton,just about everything by Shannon Hale (especially Goose Girl and Book of A Thousand Days), the Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull, the Eragon series by Christopher Paolini, the Hunger Games trilogy and Gregor series by Suzanne Collins, the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare, and Leviathan series by Scott Westerfeld. I add to my favorites list all the time!
Bookworm
Favorite books include Gone With the Wind, the Harry Potter series, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility, Hunt for Red October, The Patriarch (George Washington), Those Who Love, and The Presidents Lady
Stampin_Maniac
Favorite books are the Twilight series, any by Mary Higgins Clark, Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, autobiographies, and The Work and the Glory series.
Julie
Favorite books include...East of Eden and all other John Steinbeck works, 1984, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables, Anna Karenina, Rebecca, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Memoirs of a Geisha, Charlotte's Web (and lots of other children's fiction novels)
Holly
Favorite books include Emma, the Harry Potter series, The Little Prince, Taming of the Shrew, Ender's Game, To Kill a Mockingbird, the Twilight series, A Christmas Carol, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Help, The Hunger Games, The Screwtape Letters, OPJB, and all of Bill Peet's children's books.
Deenie Bug
Favorite books are The Quicksilver Pool, Jane Eyre, Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice, Moonraker's Bride, Window on the Square, The Secret Garden, Harry Potter series, Lord of the Rings, and Agatha Christie books.
Wendy
Favorite books are A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Oh the places you'll go, 1776, Little Women, Persuasion, The Chronicles of Narnia, Anne of Green Gables, Little House, Christy, and A Lantern in her hand
BreeAnn
Favorite books are To Kill A Mockingbird, Little House on the Prairie, The Notebook, Twilight series, Jane Eyre, Little Women, The Work and the Glory series, anything by Mary Higgins Clark, and A child called it.
Sanya the Duck
Favorite books are Pride and Prejudice, The Good Earth, The Count of Monte Cristo, Harry Potter series, Twilight series, Anne of Green Gables, These is my Words, The Chronicles of Narnia, the Work and the Glory series, and The Kingdom and the Crown series.
Keddy-Weddy
G-Mama
Favorite books are Matilda, Pride and Prejudice, Rebecca, The Hiding Place, The Outsiders, Dealing with Dragons series, Twilight series, The Lord of the Rings series, The Thirteenth Tale, and Emily of New Moon
Stephanie
Favorite books include The Twilight series
Mel
Hare_Bear
Favorite books are the Twilight series and the Harry Potter series
4 comments:
There are so many words for the magic, but whatever you call it, I believe in it.
Faith might be one word for it. whether it be faith in God, or in nature, or in yourself.
Just believing and hoping are very powerful. There is so much power in positive thinking, and unfortunaltely in negative thinking as well as we saw with Colin when he thought he was dying.
Well put Julie. I agree!
I agree with Julie too. I think the 'magic' can be seen in all of our lives.. when someone reaches out to you just when you need it, when you find strength you didn't know you had, when you have an answer to a prayer you have been waiting for... I truly believe every day is filled with small and large miracles if we will notice them and I think that is 'magic'.
"Magic" is feeling and seeing the beauty around, finding strength that you didn't know you had, perservering, feeling love and hope, accomplishing things you didn't know you could, and being able to be released from the fears and anger one has felt before. It must have been so liberating for Colin...and Mary...to leave behind the sad things in their lives that they had previously felt and feared and to really begin LIVING!! That must have felt like "magic".
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