Magic is What You Already Have

Minu Park
Aug 19, 2025
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Updated: Aug 26, 2025

Scene from Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) — Scene from *Kiki's Delivery Service* (1989)

(https://nrecclessmith.com/2013/04/25/when-you-lose-your-ability-to-fly/)

MAGIC IS WHAT CANNOT BE CONTAINED

You cannot "obtain" magic

You cannot "lose" magic

Magic is what you already have

Magic is what is already in you

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