Do you believe in Magic

Two thousand odd years ago, a guy was born.. who talked about things like love, forgiveness,tolerance.. and they nailed him for saying so..

They thought they have won, killed his body, his thoughts, his ideas.. But today two thousand years hence, we still remember the guy who was nailed. To an uninitiated, common laymen we don't remember the names of guy who stuck those nails, who forced the throne of thorns on his head, the names of the guys who whipped him or who ordered him being whipped. All of us know the name of the guy who was on the receiving end.

The thought survives.. the story still is alive

We don't have to be a very religious, of any particular faith, color or creed to appreciate the tale of love and humanity. We can be atheist but still can feel the magic of the story when a guy was born and stars changed course to announce his birth. Don't we all want to live that moment in that lone silent night, in that desert 2000 years ago.. breathing the cold night air.. be with those Shepards.. who saw magic.

Maybe it was not true, maybe its just a tale, maybe the story is fake.. but that's not the point.. the point is that this tale exist. And if it is just a tale of human imagination.. it is more than magic.. the magic of human thought, its hope, that things would turn for good even with costs attached, its longing for a goodness in man to return.

Had it not been magic in the tale, it wouldn't have survived. It proves that even with all the corruption of human mind and action, we still believe in good and love.

Even when we know that that he does not exist..or charges 20 euros for a pic with himself, do we have the guts or the heart to tell our year 5 old daughter that Don't hang that socks, Santa wouldn't come..he is not there..he is a myth created by the market...

Innocence knows no corruption, no hate, no malaise.. by preserving it by putting chocolates in those socks.. we know we are atleast willing to let that Magic survive.


Merry Christmas