Magic

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There are places where magic is something that is in the air, or in the water... Places where magic is so all pervasive that whether you want to or not ~ for that time that you are visiting you are going to be part of it; just as it is going to be part of you...

Sometimes these places of magic are ancient. Like stone circles, standing stones, or an old, old grove of trees. Other times they are that little pond in the forest that without real reason never quite dries out. Or that patch of ferns that keeps taking over in the garden; a little ‘wild spot’ right in the middle of town.

It also seems like some Countries are more magical than others.
Perhaps that particular culture allows for the unspoken and unseen more than other cultures do. Or possibly it is the way nature flourishes in that specific climate...
One way or another magic becomes more obvious, more visible in some Countries.

To me Ireland ~ the Emerald Isle ~ is one of those magical places...
A space where you can see the fairies and the gnomes from the corner of your eye; and then, when you look, they are gone and all you hear is a soft tingling laughter.
A place where nature seems to have the ability to envelop you so completely, that you cannot help but to be one with it. A place where you can hear the trees whisper; and sometimes, when things are really quiet, you can even hear the grass grow.

When visiting a place like that, it is very easy for magic to become part of your life.
For that little patch of sunlight to appear, warming your face as you are meditating on an otherwise dreary day. Or that unanticipated detour that brings you to the most beautiful sights you have ever seen. Yet by the same token getting soaking wet so you can experience that exquisite rainbow against a leaden sky...

The magical Emerald Isle brings me a sense of peace that is hard to find anywhere else. Peace within as well as without.
And perhaps that is the greatest magic of all...

Logic says that one doesn’t have to travel anywhere to get any of those ‘magical things’.
There are fairies in the average back yard. Sunshine and rain showers happen pretty much anywhere, and keeping track of the weather forecast should make it easy to experience them if that is what you want.

But then again ~ magic isn’t logical...
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