Yesterday's post prompted Tracie to do an inside awe walk....and the first thing that caught her attention was this beautiful bowl of oranges in her kitchen. The color...the shadows....the dotted background...it was awe inspiring! Thanks Tracie!
Dacher Keltner identified 8 wonders of life that can inspire awe. They can be found anywhere...inside or out. And they can be a simple as a bowl of fruit on your counter. Awe is in the eye of the beholder!
Music
Visual design, art, and culture
Moral beauty, other people's kindness and courage
Collective effervescence, that feeling you get at a ballpark or yoga class
Spiritual experiences
Epiphanies, big ideas and dreams
Life and Death, the feeling that everyday is precious
These awe-some posts about awe are powerful, MaryAnn. Thank you! At dinnertime today I could feel a sinking feeling in my body and realized it was an unexpected response to a bit of input from earlier in the day. I paused to acknowledge and accept rather than resist the feeling, which allowed my heart to open just enough to wonder if I could redirect myself to seek a bit of awe. And I did. I found myself riveted by the cucumber I'd sliced into my dinner salad. Truly: total miracle, that cucumber!
ReplyDeleteThank you Dotty. Even though I feel like I've been an awe seeker without really naming it that....I'm finding this powerful too. It's always good to reframe what we think we already know.
DeleteThank you for sharing your story of redirecting your heart. Cucumbers ARE a miracle...and isn't it wonderful that you paused to notice!