The Final Chapter: THE NINTH STRATEGY: EMPOWER BELIEF
Magic is not tricks; it is a way.
—Tenkai Ishida

Scene: This really happened to David Morey, who was doing his one-man play, A Magical Way of Thinking, at the D.C. Capitol Fringe Festival a few years ago. Onstage with him was a charming five-year-old from the audience. Laura was her name and, magically, she was creating a beautiful paper hat even though she had never made one before. She was finding her “inner magician” . . . becoming a magician. Onstage and in the moment. 

The audience was clearly touched by her transformation, and Morey engaged with them about it, not by talking about Laura directly, but by telling another story about something that really happened in another place and at another time. 

“This effect has taught me a lot about myself,” he explained. “It’s reminded me that magic is good medicine. Shamans say that anything you do to relieve suffering or to bring joy into the world is magic. 

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