Everyday Magic - How Wonder Lives in Ordinary Moments

Magic isn’t always loud. It’s not always a sign in the sky or a perfect synchronicity that makes your heart race. Sometimes, it’s a flicker. A pause. A breath. A quiet knowing that this, right now, is more sacred than it seems.

We often look for magic in the extraordinary—rituals, revelations, retreat spaces carved into mountainsides. But I’ve come to believe that real magic lives in the ordinary. And more than that—it chooses the ordinary on purpose. Everyday magic is not performative. It doesn’t need a stage. It’s the kind that slips into your day while you’re not looking...and that's what makes it so special!

The Myth of “Special” Moments

We’ve been taught to chase big, transformative moments in order to feel alive. But that belief can actually end up keeping us disconnected from the very present that’s trying to speak to us. Instead of seeing what's right in front of us, we wait for signs, divine downloads, or miracles. And in the meantime, we miss:

• The robin outside our window—who shows up at the same time every morning

• The quiet comfort in our dog’s sigh when we come home

• The way our body knows exactly when to stretch, when to soften, and when to move

• The stillness of our breath

• The way the light filters through the trees just as the sun is starting to set

  
  

None of these moments are necessarily Instagrammable (except maybe that killer sunset) but they are undeniably magical - because magic isn’t about impressing anyone. It’s about presence. And presence is the portal into a new way of looking at the world.

We Don’t Have to Try So Hard

That’s the beautiful thing about everyday magic: You don’t have to seek it. You just have to slow down enough to notice it. When your intuition, for example, nudges you to take the scenic route, the way you instinctively crave a comforting food from your childhood when your heart is heavy, or that moment your child says something that feels like it came from a much older soul. That's LEGIT magic. You don’t have to chant or cleanse or wait for the right moon phase to be magical. You just have to say: “I’m open. Show me.” And you’ll start to see it in the mundane: your morning walk, a bold, bright color that catches your eye, the same numbers that you keep seeing on the clock, or the way the universe seems to whisper through repetition.

A Practice for Everyday Magic

Here’s one way to begin welcoming the magic in: Every evening, write down three moments that felt sacred—even if they looked small. Maybe it was the way your tea smelled. Maybe it was an old song that played at just the right time when you were thinking of a friend that passed. Maybe it was a moment of silence in the middle of your chaos. Name them. Witness them. That’s how magic knows it’s welcome!!

You Are the Magic, Too

Here’s what’s even more beautiful: The more you recognize magic in your life, the more you begin to embody it. You may start doing the mundane tasks with more intention. Maybe you'll notice that you start walking more slowly or looking for signs in nature or the sky. You start speaking to the trees again, like you did unabashedly when you were little—and maybe you even start thinking that perhaps you hear them speaking back. You become someone whose presence reminds others that the sacred is everywhere.

And this? This is how we remember. Not through performance, but through presence.

Everyday magic isn’t about escaping your life. It’s about returning to it—fully, softly, bravely.

Because the divine doesn’t live in the extraordinary. It lives in the way youn see.