“I've never felt awe at a sprint.” Wait until you’re 79. You’ll feel awe at sprints.
Great reminder. I’m lucky to live in the mountains of Idaho and I backpack into those mountains regularly. A favorite pastime is lying on my back at night soaking in the billions of stars arrayed above me. It puts my life and the life of our planet in perspective. Thank you for the reminder.
I had this feeling recently while on the subway. Although I thought about pointing out how many people exist with completely independent lives and thoughts and ideas about the world. Mainly to other people but thought about it myself as well.
I agree, the power of your thinking is 90% of the battle. This is something we correct in our kids all the time in just simple reframes. “I can’t…..” “No, you can, you just haven’t figured out the right yet”
Slowing down to discover the joy of awe. This makes perfect sense to me. And I love that a comment spun up this post! I agree that the cleverness of some of the writers here (including your good self) fill me with awe.
Awe reminds us of how tiny and irrelevant we are as a species and individual, something almost forgotten in times of widespread pathological megalomania and greed ...
It overlaps with happiness, or despair, are choices we make.
Choose to find awe, to search for connections, inspiration, in everyday, common things, then awe, joy and thus happiness will follow, but it is a matter of perception and choice to view these everyday occurrences with awe.
I still find it incredible just what happens when you study something small, like the ants, and just consider what they’re doing, what they’re facing, and how hard they’re working.
“I've never felt awe at a sprint.” Wait until you’re 79. You’ll feel awe at sprints.
Great reminder. I’m lucky to live in the mountains of Idaho and I backpack into those mountains regularly. A favorite pastime is lying on my back at night soaking in the billions of stars arrayed above me. It puts my life and the life of our planet in perspective. Thank you for the reminder.
That's a macro experience there. We feel so tiny!
I had this feeling recently while on the subway. Although I thought about pointing out how many people exist with completely independent lives and thoughts and ideas about the world. Mainly to other people but thought about it myself as well.
Fun isn’t it?
I really liked the quote in the last image - "The amount of good things in your life depends on your ability to notice them."
It makes me think about the old adage of "Whether you think you can or can't, you're right."
Our perception is active and it molds our experience. Our ability to influence our inner states affects how we experience the world.
I agree, the power of your thinking is 90% of the battle. This is something we correct in our kids all the time in just simple reframes. “I can’t…..” “No, you can, you just haven’t figured out the right yet”
Beautiful companion post to your The Awe in Sondering post brother.
Macro to Micro. Thanks! I appreciate you.
Slowing down to discover the joy of awe. This makes perfect sense to me. And I love that a comment spun up this post! I agree that the cleverness of some of the writers here (including your good self) fill me with awe.
Thanks for your today's post !!! 🎯🎯🎯 👍👍👍
Awe reminds us of how tiny and irrelevant we are as a species and individual, something almost forgotten in times of widespread pathological megalomania and greed ...
Yes, and there are also things much smaller than us making an impact so we can too.
Cosmic-view-universe-40-(logarithmic) jumps by Kees Boeke ...
Another great piece.
It overlaps with happiness, or despair, are choices we make.
Choose to find awe, to search for connections, inspiration, in everyday, common things, then awe, joy and thus happiness will follow, but it is a matter of perception and choice to view these everyday occurrences with awe.
I still find it incredible just what happens when you study something small, like the ants, and just consider what they’re doing, what they’re facing, and how hard they’re working.
Fantastic reminder to slow down and smell the roses.
I should have woven that old saying in!
You don't necessarily only find awe when you're bored, but this really does circle back nicely to something you wrote not terribly long ago.
Great point and I can’t believe I didn’t make that connection myself! For those watching, here’s the article on “Be Bored”:
https://www.polymathicbeing.com/p/be-bored
Awesome piece. Awe can lead to Aha moments, and is for me intertwined with creativity. Awe also enables an enormity of appreciation.
I like that connection too. I hadn’t connected it with creativity but yes and absolutley, appreciation.