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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>scott wrote:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR>>Now that I've had few years to think about this I disagree with my
<BR>>earliar self. I do think there is magic. Harry Potter-type magic I
<BR>>don't know but magic most definetely. There's magic in rain beating
<BR>>on the windowsill, in the wind pushing one's hair back on a windy
<BR>>afternoon, in sitting by the fire and falling asleep in the arms of
<BR>>someone you love. Magic is in a warm embrace, and even in a having a
<BR>>good cry. Magic is in losing yourself in a fictional world, or in
<BR>>another person (some people call it falling in love.) There's magic
<BR>>in being on stage on opening night, in hitting that perfect chord at
<BR>>the end of a song and getting a standing ovation.</DIV>
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<DIV>that is beautiful, and true as anything i have ever heard. and let's
not forget the magic in words that bring a smile to your face and a tear to your
eye.<BR><A href="mailto:starling823@yahoo.com">starling823@yahoo.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV>"Ah, music," Dumbledore said, wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we
do here!"<BR> -HP and the
Sorcerer's Stone</DIV>
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title=harry_potter00@yahoo.com>Scott</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, 08 March, 2001 11:16
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [HPFGU-OTChatter]
Magic...(includes religion and various ramblings...)</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><TT>I chopped this off of my post to the main list as it really
didn't <BR>have anything to do with Harry Potter. I still think it is worth
<BR>posting though.<BR><BR>Ebony wrote:<BR>"..I took an instant poll--do you
believe in magic and superstition <BR>in real life? In this particular
class, all of the students said <BR>"no" save one. As we moved on, his
tablemates asked him <BR>why."Because... magic *is* science," he said, as if
this was the most <BR>obvious thing in the world."<BR><BR>--All but one said
no? I would have thought that more would have said <BR>yes. When I was there
age I thought that I "knew better" than to <BR>believe in magic, but still
desperately wanted too. I remember a line <BR>from a poem I wrote at that age
it's title was "I've learned" <BR><BR>"...I've learned there's no such thing
as magic, and ruby slippers <BR>wont take you to Oz."<BR><BR>That, if nothing
else, was the hardest thing for me to accept. Maybe <BR>it's because I have a
very vivid imagination (according to that <BR>article yet another evil thing
about me), or maybe it's that I'm an <BR>only child and have always had to
look inside myself to an extent for <BR>entertainment.<BR><BR>Now that I've
had few years to think about this I disagree with my <BR>earliar self. I do
think there is magic. Harry Potter-type magic I <BR>don't know but magic most
definetely. There's magic in rain beating <BR>on the windowsill, in the wind
pushing one's hair back on a windy <BR>afternoon, in sitting by the fire and
falling asleep in the arms of <BR>someone you love. Magic is in a warm
embrace, and even in a having a <BR>good cry. Magic is in losing yourself in a
fictional world, or in <BR>another person (some people call it falling in
love.) There's magic <BR>in being on stage on opening night, in hitting that
perfect chord at <BR>the end of a song and getting a standing
ovation.<BR><BR>Honestly- no magic! Some people are looking for magic so hard
that <BR>they don't see it. You see life is magic, and like magic it can be
<BR>both a blessing and a curse. Make it a blessing. The best way to do
<BR>that is to fill one's life with peace and love (Some call this God).
<BR>Thats why I think religion is such a great thing. I don't care how <BR>one
comes to it, you can call God- Yahweh, Jehovah, Krishna, Allah, <BR>anything
at all really. That doesn't matter much to me. I just <BR>hope everbody can
find that magic inside themselves, because it's <BR>already there, we spend
our whole lives searching and, IMO it's <BR>already there. I have a feeling
that those Religious Right people <BR>would call the above blasphemous heresy
but it's my opinion only and <BR>thats ok.<BR><BR>Today we were discussing the
Aenied (sp?) in Latin, and about how <BR>many famous Romans tried to trace
their lineage to the gods. Someone <BR>asked "But they couldn't could they. I
mean the gods didn't really <BR>exist." I came back with "How do we know?"
which might have made some <BR>people uncomfortable. "Because we're Christians
obviously." But then <BR>who's to say that Christianity has any validity
except those who <BR>believe it. The truth is we DON'T know, and we can't
know, nor should <BR>we try to. Maybe believing is enough. If those people
truly believed <BR>maybe that was all it took. That doesn't mean the gods of
antiquity <BR>are real, but who has the authority to say ANYTHING isn't real
to <BR>those that believe it is?<BR><BR>I've probably rambled WAY to much but
then this IS OT-chatter. I hope <BR>that I didn't offend anyone with my views.
Just remember that they <BR>are MY views and that's
all.<BR><BR>Scott<BR>______________________________________________________________________<BR><BR>"I
believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in <BR>fairies, the
myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your <BR>mind. Who's to say
that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the <BR>here and now?
Reality leaves a lot to the imagination." <BR>- John Lennon
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