There is something quietly disappearing from our world.
It isn’t knowledge.
It isn’t intelligence.
It is wonder.
And without wonder…
Life slowly becomes ordinary.
There was a time when almost everything amazed us.
A butterfly.
A rainbow.
The moon.
A puddle after the rain.
The sound of thunder.
The laughter of another child.
We didn’t have to be taught wonder.
We arrived with it.
Then something happened.
We became familiar.
Familiarity has a curious way of hiding miracles.
The sunrise becomes “another sunrise.”
The mountain becomes “the mountain.”
The people we love become “the people we see every day.”
What once filled us with amazement slowly becomes expected.
Yet nothing has really changed.
Only our awareness.
WONDERMENT
Wonderment is more than admiration.
It is participation.
It is allowing life to surprise us again.
It is standing before creation with enough humility to admit…
“I don’t understand all of this…
But I am grateful to be part of it.”
The person who lives in wonder never grows old.
The body may age.
The calendar may advance.
But the heart remains young.
OBSERVE
Wonder begins with observation.
Slow down.
Watch the birds without naming them.
Watch children without interrupting them.
Watch the wind move through the trees.
Watch the clouds build mountains in the sky.
Observe without rushing to explain everything.
Not every mystery is asking to be solved.
Some are asking to be experienced.
RECEIVE
The next step is receiving.
Life is constantly giving.
A smile.
A conversation.
A quiet answer.
A lesson hidden inside a disappointment.
A new beginning disguised as an ending.
Receive these gifts.
Don’t hurry past them.
Life has prepared them specifically for today.
THE UNIVERSE IS STILL CREATING
Every morning creation begins again.
Flowers open.
Birds sing.
Streams continue their song.
Mountains patiently stand.
Children discover.
Seeds become forests.
One life helps another.
Nothing appears bored with being alive.
Perhaps we shouldn’t be either.
THE GREAT INVITATION
Wonderment invites us to stop collecting life…
And begin experiencing it.
The richest person is not always the one who owns the most.
It is often the one who notices the most.
The happiest traveler is rarely the one who arrives first.
It is the one who enjoys the scenery.
The wisest person is not always the one with the most answers.
It is often the one who never stopped asking beautiful questions.
LIFE RESPONDS
I’ve noticed something.
The more wonder I bring to life…
The more life reveals.
The more gratitude I express…
The more reasons I discover to be thankful.
Perhaps wonder has never left us.
Perhaps it has simply been waiting…
For us to slow down.
For us to look again.
For us to become children once more.
WONDERMENT
Wonderment is not childish.
It is childlike.
One loses wisdom.
The other discovers it.
Protect your sense of wonder.
Feed it.
Share it.
Because the day wonder disappears…
Life becomes something to survive.
The day wonder returns…
Life becomes something to celebrate.
— Richie
Pearls for the Soul
when you feed the soul, you feed everything.
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