A Sense of Wonder

Photography by National Geographic

What heightens or restores a sense of wonder for you?

When this image filtered through to me I was completely taken by the same childlike wonder that this small child must of felt in meeting this very tall person of color and bright clothing, decorative embellishments and even two feathers pointing up to the sky.

I wonder what they said to each other? Or did they speak at all with words?

You may notice that I have used gender neutral pronouns. At first glance I gender identified them, then as I consciously gazed into the image I realized that I wasn’t certain and that naming and paying attention to gender took away from the magic and wonder. In fact, each person could be either. Does it matter?

Photography by National Geographic

We may view these two as vastly different in appearance, culture and age. Yet they share with each other an intimate connection as two humans on this amazing planet Earth. All part of the same human family.

I wonder what you are feeling now as you gaze at this image. 

What wondrous story will you create?

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“NO, we don’t need more sleep.

It’s our soul’s that are tired, 

not our bodies,

We need nature

We need magic

We need adventure,

We need freedom,

We need truth,

We need stillness,

We don’t need more sleep,

We need to wake up and live.

~Brook Hampton

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Gaye Abbott, Wildly Free Elder, 12/22/23