September/October 2007 Editor's Viewpoint
Editor's Viewpoint: Following Your Heart of Faith

Vicky Thompson

"I do believe in fairies, I do, I do," Peter Pan chanted over a fallen Tinker Bell, who was lying pale and motionless on the enchanted forest floor in the latest Peter Pan film.

My then five-year-old son, Tristan, stopped fidgeting in his seat, mesmerized by the magic on the big screen as British children suddenly awoke in their refined beds and joined the chorus of Peter Pan's healing mantra. This great outpouring of love for this enchanted creature created a healing breath of life, putting the color of roses back into tiny Tinker Bell's cheeks, restoring her anew.

With great seriousness, Tristan turned to me and said, "You know, I do believe in fairies, I do, I do."

Believing in magic is old hat for my young son. After listening to Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus, Tristan informed me that magic exists in everyone. Love, he told me, is inside everyone's heart, and that's where the magic starts.

Heart of the Issue

Dreams, creativity and illness perform an intricate dance of death, renewal and rebirth.

Children live close to magic because their world is full of possibilities. They have so few yesterdays to look back upon, and tomorrow is so far away that they live in today. Today can be anything when you allow magical love to guide your way.

Believing in magic is simply trusting in the power of love. The magic of love is that it's not unseen or mysterious. Magical love flows forth from family, friends, strangers destined to become friends and other journeyers on the road of life. Love's light shines forth from all you meet. Magic happens when you notice this lamp burning in the eyes of others, and you step forward, trusting in its light.

How can you use this magical light to follow your heart of love? Trust. What is trust? Belief. How do you believe? Faith. How do you find faith? Conviction.

Convictions of the heart, actions that lead you to trust in your belief in the power of love, are the foundation of spiritual faith. An assured heart says I do believe in love, I do, I do. When this certain heart steps out into an uncertain world, it relies upon the magic of its beliefs to steady its course, to light the dark places and to guide it to new heights. A child believes that his father can do anything, making all broken things new and finding all lost things safe. A child's father does all of these things through the power of love.

This love, this magical healing light, exists in you, fixing you anew and leading you home.

- Vicky Thompson