A Magical World

It's funny, really: we were born into this amazing reality, yet all we ever do is try to escape it. In a lot of ways, we act like entitled children, longing for a more interesting world where more things happen, and there are more ways for things to happen.

But we already exist in a world where anything can happen. We only wish it were easier to make those things happen.

Generations ago, humans looked up at the sky and thought flying was some mystical work of the arcane. We saw the stars and thought they were gods, unable to be understood. We looked into the seas and dreamt of the depths hidden to us. We saw inventors as wizards. Knowledge was magic. Knowledge still is magic, but we realize now that magic isn't an instrument of the gods. Magic is stretching our human capabilities to their limits, and using those capabilities to build incredible things.

People never notice the magic happening right in front of them, but it's there. It's there, and it's real, even though most don't realize it. Maybe just for that reason, the magic of the universe we live in will always be more fantastic than that of make-believe.