wonder.
“ One of the most terrible l o s s e s
man endures in his lifetime
is not even n o t i c e d by most people
much less mourned
which is astonishing
Because what we lose
is in many ways one of the e s s e n t i a l qualities
that sets us apart from other creatures
I'm talking about
the loss of the sense of w o n d e r
that is such an i n t e g r a l part of our world
when we are c h i l d r e n
However
as we grow older
that sense of wonder
shrinks from c o s m i c to microscopic
by the time we are a d u l t s
Kids say ' Wow! '
all the time
Opening their mouths fully
their eyes light up
with g e n u i n e awe and glee
The word e m a n a t e s
not so much from a voice box
as from an a s t o n i s h e d soul
that has once again been shown
that the world is full of amazing u n e x p e c t e d things
When was the last time
you let fly a loud, t r u l y heartfelt 'wow' ?
Not recently I bet
because generally speaking
wonder belongs to kids
with the rare e x c e p t i o n
of falling madly in love with another person
which invariably leads to a r e b i r t h of wonder
As adults
we are not supposed to say or feel wow
or wonder
or even true s u r p r i s e
because those things
make us sound goofy, ingenuous, and c h i l d l i k e
How can you run the world
if you are in constant awe of it?
The human heart has a long memory though
and r e m e m b e r s what it was like
to live through days
where it was constantly surprised
and d e l i g h t e d by the world around it. ”
― Jonathan Carroll
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