What Happens When We Wonder?
¿Qué sucede cuando nos asombramos?por Katie Steedly
Cuando pienso en el asombro, pienso en cascadas de agua, en bebés recién nacidos y en ballenas. Pienso en semillas, copos de nieve y arcoiris. Pienso en relámpagos, rascacielos y seda. El asombro desafía la descripción. El asombro a menudo me deja sin palabras. El asombro no sucede todos los días.
¿Qué pasa cuando vivimos el asombro?
La gente se lleva bien. Cuando las personas son sorprendidaa con asombro, generalmente no gritan, ni discuten, ni pelean o ni se enojan. El asombro une a las personas. Tod@s estamos de acuerdo en que las flores son maravillosas. Tod@s estamos de acuerdo en que los patitos son maravillosos. Tod@s estamos de acuerdo en que los arrecifes de coral son maravillosos. ¿Y las mariposas? Maravillosas. ¿Y el chocolate? Maravilloso. ¿Y las puestas de sol? Maravillosas. El asombro ofrece un momento en el que podemos tomarnos de la mano, (tal vez)llorar y encontrar cosas en común.
El ruido de la vida se desvanece. Un silencio similar a la mudez cae cuando vivimos el asombro. Un silencio gentil que está más allá de las palabras alivia la tensión. La reflexión pinta momentos maravillosos con reverencia. El asombro es calma en el caos del mundo. Aprendí esto en el camino a Hana en Maui, cuando tuve que recordar que mi iPhone no era tan importante como la majestuosidad de un volcán. Tuve que dejar que el ruido se fuera y estar presente ante la maravilla del momento.
Las mejores partes de nosotr@s mism@s guían nuestros pensamientos y acciones. La gratitud, la misericordia y la comprensión suceden durante los momentos maravillosos. Nuestra interconexión, nuestras anécdotas, nuestros sueños, nuestras historias nos conectan cuando nos permitimos sentir el asombro: ver realmente, tocar realmente, saborear realmente y escuchar realmente. Crear y estar presente en momentos de asombro en nuestras vidas crea lo mejor de nosotr@s mism@s. Tenemos menos tiempo para no ser nuestro potencial cuando vivimos el asombro. Nuestras miras están puestas más alto.
Estamos conectad@s al mundo natural. La naturaleza es asombro y maravilla. Glaciares Fiordos. Manglares. Montañas. Arrecifes de coral. Océanos. Todos los animales. Todas las plantas. Todas las estrellas y planetas y galaxias. Hay asombro cuando vemos belleza en todo esto, y nos sentimos en relación, interdependientes y agradecid@s. Apreciar y respetar la maravilla del mundo natural crea un ambiente de protección y cuidado en el que las generaciones futuras también sabrán como asombrarse en la naturaleza.
Los milagros pueden ocurrir. El asombro me hace creer en milagros. Cada día es un milagro. El Sol sale. Mi corazón late. Mi aliento fluye adentro y afuera de mis pulmones. El hecho de que todo lo que sucede con perfección es milagroso. Déjenme ir un poco más allá. Nuestra capacidad de impresionarnos, de quedar boquiabiert@s y de que el tiempo se detenga, es un milagro. Sentir el asombro y sentir la alegría y la felicidad el él, es un milagro. Que podamos conocer más y más, y más asombro.
Preguntas semilla para la reflexión: ¿Qué significa asombro para ti? ¿Puedes compartir una historia personal de algún momento en el que viviste asombro? ¿Qué te ayuda a quedarte maravillad@ en tu vida?
Katie Steedly is a seeker, thinker, and writer. She has trekked the Abel Tasman, bathed in the healing waters of Tirta Empul, and run a marathon in search of the why. As a woman living with Turner syndrome, she believes every day is a miracle.
SEED QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: What does wonder mean to you? Can you share a personal story of a time when you experienced wonder? What helps you stay in wonder in your life?
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11 Past Reflections
On Jun 14, 2024 Swati wrote :
Today I was wonderstruck, I was a lil cold feeling bit under the weather and on my morning walk and the first thing that I saw was tiny grass under a tree vibrating in patterns with the wind. I felt as if they have happy, they were dancing and I just couldn’t stop looking at it for minutes. I captured it as well on my phone and it made my day a lil better and charged up.
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On Jan 10, 2022 Victor N. Garpulee wrote :
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On Apr 22, 2018 Kevinogi jhome wrote :
Wonder is being open to the beauty all around us, in us and in each other.
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On Apr 1, 2018 Kristin Pedemonti wrote :
Wonder is being open to the beauty all around us, in us and in each other. I experience wonder nearly every day because I choose to live in gratitude and in openness to the wonderful in the seemingly small things. I was in Albania last week to facilitate Communications training for staff from 25 country offices for the World Bank. I sat in wonder of: 1. the fact I was even invited to present 2. all the cultures I was able to encounter in such a short time and with such deep enjoyment of the food, music, languages and conversations to learn. 3. the beauty of a sunset over the Adriatic Sea while being treated to a delicious Albanian red wine and mussels and octopus. 4. the joy of new friendships forming. 5. the fact that airplanes can take us across the world in a matter of hours.... the list goes on. What helps me to stay in wonder is gratitude and the realization that the seemingly small things often become my fondest memories of a person or place. <3
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On Mar 27, 2018 Brother Michael wrote :
A Sense of Wonder connects as you so well shared to all beings and the infinite. There is a phrase in Lakota language, "A Ho Mitakuye O'Yasin". This literally means all my relations. As they believe, no they know we are all related and it is deepening that relationship with all life that we become connected. So yes, wonder, wonder, wonder! Peace, Light and Love Brother Michael
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On Mar 27, 2018 Sunil,Bangalore wrote :
Wonder is Divine.All marvels,miracles and mysteries of the Nature/Universe are great Creations to understand the Divine in all its ramifications.Listen to the Kabir song by Shubha Mudgal "Is Ghat Anter Baugh Bagiche"This is a wonderful personal experience.(Unable to paste the song Utube link ?) . Go within connecting with your InnerNet to find the vast potential wonders inside.
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On Mar 27, 2018 Amal Mohanty wrote :
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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.
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On Mar 24, 2018 xiaoshan wrote :
What a beautifully written piece, straight flowing out of an insightful heart. With the awareness and experience of wonder, 'self', the source of all our troubles, sufferings, separations, and illusions, fades into the background. In that moment, we are, I am, truly having a taste of what is meant to exist as a pure conciousness.
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