I am a 16 year old student from Hungary. I live with my small family in a smaller city near Budapest. I have a totally normal, but at the same time, extraordinary life. I always hear people my age saying that their life totally sucks and that they hate the life that they are living. Well, I am one of a bunch of lucky people who got to know the big secret.

At the beginning of 2020, I was a normal teenage girl, with like a normal life. I did not realize until I read The Magic that I was a bit depressed as well. I cared a lot about my body, my looks, and about my popularity at school. I was trying to get happiness from objects like new clothes, jewelry, etc.

I never really thought that my life could ever change, and somehow, how I lived did not seem like it was an option because I was not conscious at the time. I was a robot.

So at the end of 2020 around November, I found a TikTok video, and it came absolutely out of nowhere. It introduced me to The Magic. Somehow, I think the Universe had a hand in it, I felt like I had to read this book. So the next week I borrowed it from the library and started to do the 28 days of the exercises, day by day.

Around that time we had a quarantine. So everything was perfect for focusing on myself and to change my way of thinking, and with that, change my whole life.

So day by day, I started to be more grateful for everything in my life. I started to explore what truly being alive means.
At the beginning of this journey, I was a bit skeptical about this gratitude thing, but I started to feel happy because of it. As I mentioned before, I really started to feel alive.

So at the end of 2020, I took a vow, that 2021 will be my year, the first year that I will truly live.

At the beginning of 2022, I looked back, and I felt nothing but gratitude that I had found this book and this community. 2021 had a lot for me, and I won’t lie. There were difficulties. I lost a few friends. I had thought about getting to know myself, and yes, sometimes I was clueless because I wasn’t sure what the Universe was trying to do with me, but you know what?!
I still feel like I would not do anything differently since this year was truly magical. Even with all the difficulties which weren’t really difficulties, they were more like shepherds that guided me in the right direction. This year, I got to know myself, explored my boundaries, and jumped out of them as well. I had the courage to show up and be seen. I have gained confidence, and eventually, I realized that life is more than looking in the mirror and saying I will eat less tomorrow. And I could not be more thankful for that.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Thank you so very much for The Magic.