Kimo's Magic

Kimo Gray
2.10.09
English9
Hamilton Salsich

Magic in the Mundane
An Essay on Magic in my Life

Magic is the perseverance of the caterpillar to stretch its new wings. Magic is the captivity of a time-old story. Magic is the inexplicable joy received by the random exclamatory, “Giraffe!” Contrary to tales of wizardry and spells, there is a multitude of magic, of which we ourselves create. Magic is indefinable. There is magic in everything, but sometimes it just takes a closer look. Whenever I am in class and something clicks in my mind, the magic of newfound knowledge seeps through me. Whenever I view one of nature’s many wonders a more human magic envelopes me. Whenever I can put a smile on someone’s face, not only am I feeling the magic of happiness, but so are they. Life can be hard sometimes, and it is times like these when you feel as if the magic has left you. But it is never too far away. Magic has a submissive (SAT) quality to it, as its only purpose is to benefit others, but during those hard times are when you need magic the most, as it has often been known to raise a spirit or two. There is the magic of feats and tricks, but the only true magic is the kind that can be felt in the heart; this is what matters most in the world. It is the magic that inspires a stranger to stand up for a newfound light, the magic that re-establish love in a dying world, and the magic (Anaphora) that makes life so spontaneously (SAT) great. I feel magic every day, the greatest of which the love that I feel from a million beacons, all around me. Though we may depend on those daily occurrences of magic, the best type of magic is the kind you can share with others.