(When I watch my daughter Easton create I see my dad. Such beautiful magic.)
About five minutes into “The Greatest Showman” I began to tear up and continued to do so until the movie’s end.
But it was during the car ride home, while my girls and I discussed the magnificence that was “The Greatest Showman”, that I really let my tears flow as I expressed to my girls the gratitude I felt for all of the people who don’t let their fears stop them from creating works of genius for the rest of us to enjoy.
“We are all capable.” I told them, “Each and every one of us has the power within us to create something amazing in this world but most of us will never do it. Most of us will let fear win. And I’m so grateful for those who don’t listen to their fears because it is they who create such beautiful magic for the rest of us.”
Although the magic I create will never show up in the form of an epic musical–because epic musicals are not in my particular area of genius–I still want to allow it to show up. In any form it chooses to take.
Because I know that if I give my magic room to show up it will continue to grow until…
“Every night I lie in bed
The brightest colors fill my head
A million dreams are keeping me awake
I think of what the world could be
A vision of the one I see
A million dreams is all it’s gonna take
A million dreams for the world we’re gonna make”
And that–the magic of our own dreams–is the greatest joy of all.
(This quote found on my inspiration wall reminds me that I was born with not only the right but also the responsibility to create. As was every other child of God. So let the magic flow.)