What is something you WONDER about?

WONDER = to be curious and in doubt of something; exciting amazement

QUESTION: What is something that you wonder about?

STORY: When I was 20 years old, it was 1967 and there was a lot going on in the world around me: Racism, the Vietnam War. I marched with hundreds of people protesting and shouting “Make LOVE not war!” I wondered about the world around me. Racism seemed wrong to me. My dad told me that all people are the same beneath their skin. Plus there was no clear reason to go to war in Vietnam. So, in June 1968, at the end of my junior year of college, I took a leave of absence and flew to San Francisco. I was curious about LSD and marijuana. I wondered: Who are the hippies? I lived with hippies for 6 months. I’m so grateful that I let myself be guided by my WONDER and my own CURIOSITY! I did this self portrait when I came home in November.

QUOTES

“All thinking begins with wondering.” ~ Socrates

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." - Jimi Hendrix

“Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.” ~ Saint Augustine

“A gift to each child in the world would be a sense of wonder - so indestructible that it would last a lifetime!” ~ Rachel Carson

EXERCISE

Take a minute to relax and wonder about something. Really get curious and look with wonder at something. Get your pen and paper and write a few words expressing your own doubts about something AND a few words expressing your CURIOSITY. And if you have another minute or two, draw a few lines expressing the amazing flow of energy as it moves through you - as you sit and WONDER about life and the world around you.

The world today really needs your WONDER and your CURIOSITY!