An Awe Walk

For me, awe is within a person, in one's way of being and seeing, not outside a person. Awe is experiencing with a whelming wonder. I don't think you can make awe happen or practice it any more than you can make falling in love happen -- you can practice being a way that makes awe more likely, such as to practice being present, open, attentive. I experience with awe things that are ordinary (like a leaf, a bug, an acorn) that my 3 year old granddaughter experiences in awe. I awe in relation to her and what she shows me. She's a wonderful guide. A child sees a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower, said William Blake. What helps me be in awe is hanging out with my granddaughter, being open, slowing down, being present, unseeing what I learned and seeing anew, letting go of goals and purpose, and being how Jesus said to be which is to be like little children.