Charmed, I'm sure.
Prince Charming.
She's so very charming...
What is charm, exactly? How does one describe it? The best definition that the dictionary can offer is that to charm is... "to act upon (someone or something) with or as with a compelling or magical force".
We've all experienced it--rather, we've all been blindsided by someone else's deft charm. Sometimes it's smarmy and sly, used for coercion, selling, but this kind you can usually recognize distinctly after a minute or two while in the clutches of the seller.
By its very nature, charm is sneaky. It sidles up to you without you quite noticing. It leaves its sweet scent when it retreats. It can transform an ordinary face into one dazzlingly handsome; it can colour a dropped compliment with a very deep blush. An inconsequential moment can shape-shift into an instant worthy of a lifetime's remembrance if on the arm of Charm. Unlike charisma, it's something you experience one-on-one, inflictor to afflicted.
It can change your life, and others' lives, too, if you aren't careful. If you are charming, be kind to those of us who are susceptible to your cleverness. We who are gullible--and there may be a lot of us--have long memories.
