Christmas waves a magic wand
over this world,
and behold,
everything is softer
and more beautiful.
- Norman Vincent Peale

Imagination is the true magic carpet.
- Norman Vincent Peale
[Photo: Utah 2011 - From my friend Nancy -]

A vacation spot
out of season
always has a very special magic.
- Max von Sydow

An idea can turn to dust
or magic,
depending on
the talent that
rubs against it.
- William Bernbach

Real magic in relationships
means an absence of judgment of others.
- Wayne Dyer
[photo from an internet search--]

Magic is believing in yourself,
if you can do that,
you can make anything happen.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Our time here is magic!
It's the only space you have to realize
whatever it is that is beautiful,
whatever is true,
whatever is great,
whatever is potential,
whatever is rare,
whatever is unique.
- Ben Okri


- Look for the magic in life!

Obviously, not in a place to update this. But I will soon - it's a great quote -

[[roald dahl quote]]

"But a little about magic -
[If we look for it] there it is , there it can be,
in so many moments of our lives.
[And] I don't want to miss out on any of it.
So, I pay attention, I wait, and
I watch closely for it.
Discovering...
I talk about it when I see it...
When I feel it...
because,
I. Live. For. It."
- Tara Whitney

I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start,

with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
- J.B. Priestley

Love and magic have a great deal in common.
They enrich the soul, delight the heart.
And they both take practice.
- Nora Roberts

It's not sometimes realistic
to think that something magical can happen,
but I think I look for the magic.
- Sherilyn Fenn

Okay, remember how my Christmas note asked you to tuck away some of the thoughts to re-visit and see how God is talking with me right now? Well, here goes - I wrote the Christmas Card [on my blog ] note a few weeks ago – saying things like, “Life can be crazy and we choose to seek out the magic.” And, “Our prayer for you this year is that you seek out joy in your lives—look for the magic of God’s presence and we’re sure you’ll find it.”

And as many of you know - I’ve been on the ‘look-out’ for the next book to use in our Faith Based Classes Yahoo group for a while now. [Strangely, I still have one tucked back that I CHOSE over a year ago, but that I can now see was never really chosen by God for us to use – even though it’s a great book by a favorite author.] So I was in a book store in the religious / inspirational section the other day [ a few weeks AFTER writing the CC note], just browsing and talking with God about what we might do. And clearly I heard – see if there’s anything by Matthew Turner. Odd. [Very.] Because I’ll admit that I’ve never read any of his books – I know of him because his wife Jessica was a design team member back in the FBP kit days. And okay, I’ve visited his blog a few times and well, honestly, found those few posts I read to be a little different, and hmmm, irreverent for my taste. But I looked – and found this little book, Beatitude: Relearning Jesus through truth, contradiction, and a folded dollar bill – and, seriously – I could not put it down until I’d devoured it completely. So this is it - not only have I found our next book [search it out on Amazon – there’s some good prices out there! Be sure you search for Matthew Paul Turner] but I’ve also found my One Little Word for 2011 – Magic. Or maybe, I should say My One Little Word found me. [And after you read the book you’ll see how, really.] Magic – it conjures up all kinds of impossible possibilities, doesn’t it? God things. During 2011 I want to focus on seeing the magic in life that God so freely gives us in both the little and big things.

What’s your One Little Word for 2011? Your word to ponder, reflect on, and guide you through the next 12 months – need to know more? Go HERE and Go HERE.

But back to Faith Based Pages Classes - grab the book and give it a read – we’ll be using a few chapters for our faithbooking class in February. Yippeeee – it feels good to have inspiration to work with! And I love seeing how God works!