Everyone has experienced a "magic moment" -- a realization or idea that positively influences and transforms your future. Something touched you, making your mind and heart burn in flames that couldn't be quenched. Colors became more vibrant, sounds became more intense, and the air became palpable with energy that brought life to a whole new level. Face turned upward, it felt like nothing could stop you, if you just moved forward into that magical idea.
There are three crazy truths about magic moments:
1. Magic moments can happen at any age. Many -- if not most -- happen when we're small. As a child, an idea fascinates, awes, and draws us into possibilities for the future. Our dreams and passions come from early magic moments, don't they?
2. Magic moments can be small, but their impact is huge. One word, one conversation, or one encounter changes our perspective forever. The moment moves us, seeping into who we are -- guiding us through our entire lives. Some of us have careers that began with a magic moment.
3. Magic moments can be huge, but their impact is small. Like fireworks on a dark summer night, a bright realization explodes. But because we don't do anything with the idea, the idea fizzles, leaving only traces in our mind's eye as to where the color once raced through the sky. We look away; we put our heads down; and we get lost in the mundane.
The magic seems lost. But it's not. It's still there.
Can you remember your magic moment? That moment when an inspired idea burst into your life, and great things happened? Magic moments aren't lost. They're just waiting to be rediscovered. No matter what you do -- write, create, lead, serve -- inspiration brought you here.
I've reconnected with my magic moment for writing: I'm reading again my "magic book" -- that book/series that inspired me to write fiction. Through each page, each scene, and each moment side by side with the main character, I'm realizing again what gives that story its magic -- and what made me feel the magic. The connection is nothing less than golden.
What inspired you before? What have you lost connection with, that would be great to rediscover? My guess is that it's something that's not too far away from your heart, right now.
So here's a challenge: In your mind, go to that magic moment and reconnect with it in a way that stokes the inspiration fire. There's not reason why it can't be: this is the year where magic multiplies.
Writing beside you,
Erin
There are three crazy truths about magic moments:
1. Magic moments can happen at any age. Many -- if not most -- happen when we're small. As a child, an idea fascinates, awes, and draws us into possibilities for the future. Our dreams and passions come from early magic moments, don't they?
2. Magic moments can be small, but their impact is huge. One word, one conversation, or one encounter changes our perspective forever. The moment moves us, seeping into who we are -- guiding us through our entire lives. Some of us have careers that began with a magic moment.
3. Magic moments can be huge, but their impact is small. Like fireworks on a dark summer night, a bright realization explodes. But because we don't do anything with the idea, the idea fizzles, leaving only traces in our mind's eye as to where the color once raced through the sky. We look away; we put our heads down; and we get lost in the mundane.
The magic seems lost. But it's not. It's still there.
Can you remember your magic moment? That moment when an inspired idea burst into your life, and great things happened? Magic moments aren't lost. They're just waiting to be rediscovered. No matter what you do -- write, create, lead, serve -- inspiration brought you here.
I've reconnected with my magic moment for writing: I'm reading again my "magic book" -- that book/series that inspired me to write fiction. Through each page, each scene, and each moment side by side with the main character, I'm realizing again what gives that story its magic -- and what made me feel the magic. The connection is nothing less than golden.
What inspired you before? What have you lost connection with, that would be great to rediscover? My guess is that it's something that's not too far away from your heart, right now.
So here's a challenge: In your mind, go to that magic moment and reconnect with it in a way that stokes the inspiration fire. There's not reason why it can't be: this is the year where magic multiplies.
Writing beside you,
Erin
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