For me, wonder is a sense of awe -- feeling washed over by and caught up in a wave of awe. It's a peak experience. It's a feeling of overwhelmed in a positive way by something much bigger than me. Wonder is a positive and profound experience during which I feel very alive, aware, excited and peaceful all at once. I felt wonder when I learned that my body is made up of a hundred trillion cells all working together while I am simultaneously a cell in a much larger body called the cosmos. I felt wonder one night outside Zion National Park looking out at a huge and beautiful star filled sky. I felt wonder in being present at birth. What helps me stay in wonder is being in the here and now, seeing and appreciating what is rather than being preoccupied, and being aware that all that is, living and not living, is an awesome miracle that I am part of.
On Mar 25, 2018 david doane wrote :
For me, wonder is a sense of awe -- feeling washed over by and caught up in a wave of awe. It's a peak experience. It's a feeling of overwhelmed in a positive way by something much bigger than me. Wonder is a positive and profound experience during which I feel very alive, aware, excited and peaceful all at once. I felt wonder when I learned that my body is made up of a hundred trillion cells all working together while I am simultaneously a cell in a much larger body called the cosmos. I felt wonder one night outside Zion National Park looking out at a huge and beautiful star filled sky. I felt wonder in being present at birth. What helps me stay in wonder is being in the here and now, seeing and appreciating what is rather than being preoccupied, and being aware that all that is, living and not living, is an awesome miracle that I am part of.