“Wonder is the heaviest element on the periodic table. Even a tiny fleck of it stops time.”
- Diane Ackerman
A night or two a week these days we go for a walk after dinner. Grace and Whit get to go in their pajamas, which they find both thrilling and hilarious. I’m struck by how aware they are, as we walk, by how much they notice, by how they – and, correspondingly, I – swell with wonder at the ordinary world.
Wonder.
I think my most devout wish for Grace and Whit is that that they never lose this ability to see the magic and enchantment in their lives.
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Mmmmm. Just lovely.
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Looks like great fun!!
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wonder, magic, enchantment…a holy trinity, indeed.
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What a great quote! And a perfect wish – for all of us…
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I wish they never lose the ability to wonder and be enchanted. I think that it’s great when we can see the world through them.
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My son once said to me as we drove over a hill: Mommy I can see the whole world. And I thought at that moment, I hope you always do. Your post made me think of that! Thank you.
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There is something so innocent about children’s ability to wonder. It’s one of the best things about being a child.
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rachel carson wrote a beautiful book on this subject…”the sense of wonder.” she said she hoped all of us held onto it, and passed away before she finished writing. luckily for us, they published it anyway.
http://www.amazon.com/Sense-Wonder-Rachel-Carson/dp/006757520X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1287638147&sr=8-1
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