Wonder

Prompt 4: Wonder _{^{{via Reverb 10}}}

"How did you cultivate a sense of wonder in your life this year?" (Author: Jeffrey Davis)

Well, I've wondered about a lot of things this past year (that's for sure), but did I cultivate wonder? Yes, I think maybe I have---though, maybe not in those exact terms, and definitely not as much as I would like---but the gravity of how quickly life comes and goes weighs on me more heavily with each passing year, and I think that urges me to be more intentional about stopping to marvel more. There have been many moments this past year when I've realized that time is fleeting and if I don't stop to notice, marvel, wonder, then I will most certainly miss out on my own life. These moments of wonder and marvel usually happen during the most ordinary, everyday circumstances---at the breakfast table, in the car, while reading a book, or tucking my kids into bed---and I think it's all of these moments, the living-in-the-moment moments, that really push me to not only live the length of my life, but the width as well. It's in the width, the wonder, that I'm able to slow down time and forget for a minute that I will not live forever. And really, isn't that what makes life worth living?

"Wonder" by Yellena

Here's to always having a sense of wonder, and never forgetting to stop and live life as it's actually, truly, happening. Right now.