do you believe in magic?.....

So this is what cracks me up about Disney World. It has to be the only place in the world where not only can you look like a complete idiot, you will not be alone in looking like a complete idiot. I mean, OK, it's one thing to see all the little girls walking around in their princess dresses, it's even kind of cute, but then you start getting into the various designs of Mickey Mouse ears, the Mickey wizard's hat, Goofy ears, and any other Disney character you can imagine.....they even sell big white padded gloves now. So it's funny that it's a perfectly normal thing to wear when one is at Disney World. But honestly, are you ever going to wear them again once you have left? Seriously. You're probably not even going to wear them if you come back to Disney World....does anyone really think while they're packing, oh, I have to remember to pack the ridiculous hat I bought last time I was at Disney World? So you of course get to Disney World and think, well, I should probably have some Mickey Mouse ears while I'm here.... and now you're stuck with more than one ridiculous piece of apparel to wear on your head, which you're never going to wear again. And I guarantee that these hats cost anywhere between $20-30. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate anywhere that allows adults to release their inner silliness......but paying $30 to do it once is kind of silly.

So in addition to being at Disney World, billed as the most magical place on earth, I have also been reading Harry Potter--which, in fact, I just finished last night--so it's gotten me thinking about this thing known as magic. I think that even as a 24-year-old, I still have a very strong desire to believe in things like magic......that there are such things as fairies and flying dragons and knights in shining armor and Peter Pan and wizards and flying broomsticks and such.....isn't there something appealing about it all? Which may explain why I have always so easily been able to believe in God. He is the closest thing to magic that I can think of and that my heart and soul can begin to imagine. While I may question the ways in which He chooses to work, I have never doubted His actual existence. Because my heart wants to believe in all of the miraculous, magical things He has done and continues to do.

Anyway, I think that's all the philosophical-ness I can handle for right now.

Tomorrow morning we are having a princess breakfast. I can't wait. :o)

Currently Reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) By J.K. Rowling see related