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=Tinker Bell=

**Characteristics**
-Jealous of Wendy -Inferiority complex -Loves Peter -Traitor at first -Tries to help in the end

Web Pages
[|Artist interpritations] Pictures showing Artist's different perspectives on what Tinker Bell's characteristics were like [|Are Fairies Evil?] Myths of fairies [] History and legends of Fairies [] Characteristics of fairies, origin, legends, etc. [|Tinkerbell the Movie] Released in October 2008, movie starring Tinker Bell [|History of Tinker Bell] History of the character and her fairy characteristics

Articles
[|NPR] We need to help adults believe in Magic again. [|Tinker Bell Syndrome] Tinker Bell is not the only one who suffers from this syndrome but so do modern celebrities. [|New York Times] Why do people have magical thoughts and/or superstitions? Studies show that things don't happen because of magical thoughts or superstitions but rather because of coincidence. [|Belief in Fairies] History and myths of fairies [|Fairies] Britannica article about history and myths of fairies

Blog Posts
[|I Remember That!] [|Tinker Bell Syndrome] This blog discusses what the Tinker Bell syndrome is and relates it to the Napoleon Complex.

Videos
[|Sneak Preview] This is an 8 minute sneak preview to the movie Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue [|Tink's jealousy shines through] [|Tinkerbell and the Squirrel]

Podcasts/iTunes/iMovies/Other
[|Create your own Fairy] [|Lary Fazolo- I Do Believe in Fairies] (song)

Criticism
The Tinkerbell Syndrome I have grown up knowing that if I clap my hands and say “I Believe!” that any little sparkling fairy that might be in peril will suddenly recover herself and be back to sprinkling her fairy dust and making magic. I have believed in magic. I am a grown woman, I am a grandmother, and I still believe in magic….the magic of fairies, of fairy dust, of someone else making magical things happen for me.

What I have not believed in is myself, my magic. I have recently come to a point in life where believing in magic is not enough. I have come to an astounding realization that I must become the magic being. Instead of believing in magic I am ready to **be** magic!

It sounds like a technicality. What’s the big deal…the big difference? Believing in magic is pretty harmless…it gives hope. But what I’ve come to realize is that it keeps empowering someone other than me! I believe in a fairy so that she can sprinkle me with her magic dust and I can fly. I believe in Santa Claus so that he can make all of my Christmas wishes come true. I believe in a knight in shining armor so that I can feel safe and secure for the rest of my life. But I am always placing an important part of myself in someone else’s realm. They wield an enormous power in my life, yet they do not have a personal stake in the outcome. I do.

Have a personal stake in the outcome that is. Believing in magic or someone magical has been a way for me to avoid looking at the possibility that I am basically just ordinary and unmagical. When I look in the mirror I do not see a fairy or a beautiful princess, or a super model. I do not see a being that anyone would look to for magic. I would certainly not look to myself for magical outcomes. The image I see in the mirror has no unearthly powers. She is fearful, anxious, limited. I take a glance and know that I must certainly depend on something other than myself if I am to expect anything like a fairytale ending.

And so I try my best to live the fairy tale life, and hope for a little sparkly visitor to rescue me in the times that my imagination won’t chase away my gloom. It’s not working for me lately. I have not seen any fairies, except last week when I was watching Peter Pan with my grandson.

I have made a quiet declaration to **be** **magic**. Notice I say quiet declaration. I have a sense that most of my friends would deem me a bit daft to even hear me say it. “Be Magic? “they might say. “How are you going to do that? “ Well, truthfully, I’m not sure. But I’ve decided it’s important enough to give it my 100%. I’ll be reporting back to you. I have been teaching that you cannot outperform your self image. I have held the self image of a believer in magic long enough. I am ready to change that image to Being Magic.

Pat Hardesty 2/28/08

Analysis: Pat Hardesty wants to "be the magic" in life and stop relying on someone else to produce magical outcomes for you. She believes that it's better to rely on yourself and make yourself a better person by giving your 100% to be the magic to succeed.