Has anyone ever accused you of “magical thinking”…and not in a good way, but with a derisive tone?
This term really gets my goat. Big trigger for me. It’s said by someone who’s scared and stuck to someone who isn’t afraid, as if the fearful way is truth and you’re delusional and ignorant.
Here’s how I see it – the only way you’re gonna to be happy and fulfilled, the only way the world elevates, is with magical thinking. Magical thinking is good. Magical thinking is imperative.
Thinking thoughts that seem crazy and hair-brained, thinking outside the box. Thinking thoughts that might not make sense. Believing things that you feel in your heart but there isn’t data yet to prove it. Believing that ANYTHING is possible…
That’s all “magical thinking”.
And it leads to innovation and self-actualization.
It’s the path to happiness. It’s the path to creative problem solving and elevating the world.
When we force ourselves to stay within the confines of “practicality” (often the term used as an antonym to magical), we might reject our calling.
We think “I can’t make a living doing what I want to do so I’ll settle for this job I hate because I get a nice paycheck and benefits.”
We think “I’ll just do what everyone else is doing because that must be safe.”
We think “I don’t know where this idea/desire/wish/dream is leading so I’ll just stay here.”
We shut down our fire. We shut down our creativity. We shut down our vitality.
NO! That shit has got to stop.
Believe you are capable of adapting and thriving, no matter what the path holds. Believe in your scrappiness. Believe that the things you love, your gifts, what lights you up – THAT’S what the world needs. The world needs you to be lit up and alive.
Believe that the path you truly WANT is the path that makes the MOST sense. Even if it doesn’t seem “practical”. Even if you don’t know where it’s going to end up.
If you’re feeling the pull, that’s the path.
It takes trust. It takes faith. It takes courage and conviction.
And it’s imperative. And you’re capable.
Don’t let the nay-sayers snuff out your fire and shut you down.
Believe in magic.
Magical thinking has gotten me everything good in my life. Magical thinking helped me take leaps that made no sense. Magical thinking led me to adventure and deep joy.
I’ve worked with too many grown adults who followed the safe and “practical” path and ended up miserable. Who are afraid to put their gifts out there. Who get stuck looping on all the what-ifs and doubts and fears.
Do not do this to yourself. And do not impose your fears onto our children.
Magic scares stuck and fearful people. It’s why they burned the magical women. It’s why we turned away from it.
But it’s high time we believe in magic again.
I WANT my daughter to be a magical thinker. Magic is empowering. Magic makes the “impossible” possible. I want the fearful stuck and miserable people to think she’s crazy. Because that means she’s alive. That means she’s fearless and free. That means she refuses to settle for the status quo.
And that means our world will change for the better.
AMEN! <she says with a red face and sweaty brow>
Now I’m gonna step off the podium and take a drink of water cuz I got myself REAL wound up.
If you are longing for magic, if you want fearless & free…come work with me. Schedule a discovery call and we’ll talk about what you want and if I’m the right witch to help get you there.
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