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Finding Awe Amid Everyday Splendor
we live in a time when, arguably, our culture is becoming more awe-deprived … so often our gaze is fixed on our smartphones rather than noticing the wonders and beauty of the natural world or witnessing acts of kindness, which also inspire awe … arts and music programs in schools are being dismantled; time spent outdoors and for unstructured explor
... See moreRob Hopkins • From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want
we live in a time when, arguably, our culture is becoming more awe-deprived … so often our gaze is fixed on our smartphones rather than noticing the wonders and beauty of the natural world or witnessing acts of kindness, which also inspire awe … arts and music programs in schools are being dismantled; time spent outdoors and for unstructured explor
... See moreRob Hopkins • From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want
We spend a lot of time in life trying to make ourselves feel bigger — to project ourselves, occupy space, command attention, demand respect — so much so that we seem to have forgotten how comforting it can be to feel small and experience the awe that comes from being silenced by something greater than ourselves, something unfathomable, unconquerabl
... See moreJulia Baird • Phosphorescence: On awe, wonder and things that sustain you when the world goes dark
Awe, she believes, is “the absence of self-preoccupation.”