Welcome to the WOW Card of the Week series. A new card will be featured every week for you to think about, mull over, and maybe change something to fill your life with well-being and wonder.

Your Words of Wisdom (WOW) Guidance Card of the Week Feb. 27, 2023 thru Mar. 5, 2023, is here!

WONDER

What is one thing that makes you light up in wonder?

Definition: to think or speculate, to be filled with awe, marvel or adoration

Other: surprise, astonishment, curiosity or reverent admiration

Opposite: cataclysmic, anticipation, expectation, ordinary

Do you remember looking at something for the very first time in a state of complete awe or wonder?  How did it make you feel?

I remember as a young child looking at the lights and decorations at Christmas, the beauty and smell of the tree, the sounds of carols and bells and words spoken thousands of years before from the angels…Behold I bring you good tidings of great joy…  That was one of my first instances of wonder.   Seeing Disneyland for the first time.  Holding a newborn baby or animal. Seeing Yellowstone and Yosemite for the first time are other examples of wonder. 

Here are a few favorite quotes about Wonder
“May you experience each day as a sacred gift woven around the heart of wonder.”
John O'Donohue
For Presence, To Bless the Space Between Us (titled Benedictus in Europe, Ireland and UK).

“We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us something is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.” e. e. cummings

“I hope you never lose your sense of wonder.
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger.
May you never take one single breath for granted.
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed.
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean.
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens.
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance…
From Lee Ann Womack – I Hope You Dance

HOW CAN YOU SPARKLE YOUR CURIOSITY TO SEE BEYOND THE ORDINARY?

Find beauty
Enjoy stillness
Look at your world through the lens of childlike innocence
Delight your heart in a simple pleasure
Create something just for the fun of it
Stand at the ocean, lake, river or stream, forest or mountain
Enjoy watching the ever-changing sky
Re-read a favorite childhood book
 
Choosing to live life better will increase your level of wonder.

What is one area of your life that needs a childlike dose of wonder?

Find the Good,
Becky and Janette


Originally posted on Feb. 26, 2020, written by Janette Stuart

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