When it happens to me, I feel fully alive. A momentary shift of perspective, sometimes intentional, sometimes a surprise. Often it’s a spiritual experience—even supernatural. What am I talking about? Wonder.
I’m inviting you to take a few minutes and wonder with me…
It can occur in the most ordinary ways…a robin building her nest in the eaves of our front porch…tiny beaks appearing, open and hungry…the process of learning to fly.
Or how about my little granddaughter, lifting one hand to greet me. Her vocabulary expands exponentially at age two. I wonder at the miracle of language and the nuances of tiny gestures.
As author Anthony Doerr said, sublimity is “the instant when one thing is about to become something else. Day to night, caterpillar to butterfly. Fawn to doe. Experiment to result. Boy to man.”[i]Continue reading
