“Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.” -The Great and Powerful Wizard of Oz
Sometimes, what seems like magic is just an imperfect human trying to hold on to something that is not theirs. And sometimes, that imperfect human is also beautiful, and worthy of compassion.
When have you unveiled magic to find something worthy of compassion?
Mushrooms to me are magical. Not the kind that one takes to take trips on the couch (though they are magical too), I’m talking about the ones that support trees through the underground root system. According to current scientific understanding, mycelium, the network of fungal threads, acts as a way for trees to “talk” to each other by sending chemical signals through the underground network they create, essentially allowing trees to communicate and share nutrients with one another; this network is often referred to as the “wood wide web.” While science explains this, to me this is nature’s magic. -Aisha Hauser (CLF)
Appreciate a mushroom or a tree today.
My favorite magical words come from the Amazing Mumford, of Sesame Street fame, whose incantation was “a la peanut butter sandwiches!” It reminds me that magic can be found in the simplest things–in nourishing one’s body and caring for another.
Make some simple magic today.
Yesterday, the US Supreme Court heard arguments in a case in which they will decide if states are constitutionally permitted to ban gender-affirming medical care for transgender teenagers using methods allowed for other medical issues. We don’t get political too often on the Daily Compass, but we feel compelled to affirm the rights of every child to grow up to be exactly who they were meant to me. To our transgender beloved and the parents of transgender children: you are magic. You are the magic that makes possible the fullness of humanity. We love you.
Do something today to affirm that you are, indeed, magic, in all of your fullness and beauty.
“Let us sing the magic of imagination by which we know one another and learn the lives of eras gone by.
Let us sing the magic of creation by which we build the world of our soul and teach its wisdom to others, young and old.
Let us sing the magic of our lives together, holding and shaping by the movement of breath from heart to lung all new life that is to come.
Go now with singing. Go now with magic in your fingertips. Touch this world with life.” -Susan van Dreser
How can you sing magic today?
