"Recapture the childlike feelings of wide-eyed excitement, spontaneous appreciation, and being full of awe and wonder at this magnificent universe." - Wayne Dyer

One way we can help today's children become adults with strong inner resources to face the challenges of tomorrow is to “keep alive their inborn sense of wonder,” as Rachel Carson urges.

We do that, she says, "by rediscovering with them the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.”

Renewing the wonderment we had in childhood is a powerful thing we can do, not only for today's children, but for ourselves and for these times. 

Can you remember how you felt seeing the first evening star? Rainbows? Fireworks? Sunlight sparkling on water ripples? Clouds that looked like angel wings? The blinking glow of fireflies? 

With wonder, we can experience awe that leaves us speechless and gratitude that feels like love bursting in our chests. Wonder can bring us to tears, cause uncontrollable laughter, and guide us to fresh ideas and common ground with people with whom we disagree. Wonder can lead us to healing too.

Wisdom begins in wonder, said Socrates.

Look at the world with wonder - don't be tired about it, says Angela Bassett
 

Without wonder we are as good as dead," said Einstein.

Let's be alive, fully alive, joyfully alive. 

With renewed wonder, 

Charlene 

PS - Wonder is a strength. It is also closely related to reverence...and to every other gift.
 

THE FIRST GIFT IS STRENGTH.    

May you remember to call upon it 
whenever you need it.       

from The Twelve Gifts of Birth