Day 4 #Reverb10 – How do you cultivate wonder?
It seems to me that wonder is a natural state of being.
Wonder comes when I am deeply present.
When I am in the past, my wonder becomes wandering. I get lost in what was. I am not with what is.
When I am in the future, my wonder becomes worrying and hoping. I get lost in what might be. I am not here.
I cultivate wonder by nurturing truth, integrity, beauty and presence.
Wonder is a garden. I weed. I feed. It’s a labor of love. It’s a practice.
I pull the weeds of:
- Judgment (as much of me as of others)
- Fear (move toward anxiety)
- Ostrich behavior (changing don’t see: doesn’t exist to being with what is)
- Shadow projections (bring it on home)
- Blame (bring that one home too)
- Urgency (there is plenty of time – step into the flow of Divine timing)
- Dis-ease and dis-harmony (bring awareness to it)
I feed and receive truth, integrity, beauty and presence by:
- Opening my senses
- Sowing seeds of happiness
- Engaging with dogs, cats and wild creatures big and small.
- Communing with trees
- Receiving the gifts of flowers
- Getting up close and personal with the world through the camera’s macro and telescopic lenses
- Cloud gazing
- Watching the sun rise and set
- Meditation and grounding daily, engaging soul, body mind spirit heart, and Divine Essence
- Remaining ever curious (Who is that person across from me, really? I look beyond my assumptions and I open to be with who he/she is.)
- Reading Rumi, Hafiz, David Whyte, Mary Oliver
- Cultivating magic and miracles
- Playing with messages from the Mystery
- Stargazing and contemplating infinity
- Watching the moon rise and set
- Walking a path of Beauty
- Receiving Grace
- Living in the question
- Dawdling
- Singing the song that asks to be sung in the moment
- Falling into the silence that follows the song
- Listening to music, traversing the pathways of melodies and bathing in colorful harmonies
And you, dear reader, how do you cultivate wonder?
Copyright© Dec 2010, Kathy J Loh, All Rights Reserved
“Remaining ever curious” – This really captures the heart of mindfulness, for me.
“Singing the song that asks to be sung in the moment” – Yes!
Thanks for the thoughtful reflections. Hope you enjoy the rest of Reverb 10!
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Hi Bob – thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. I look forward to reading your Reverb10 posts this month.
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Kathy,
I love these pictures–you capture what I was trying to get, too: the evocation of the wonder of the tiny and the vast.
Angela
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Oh I love that Angela – the tiny and the vast. My shots of the tiny and yours of the vast.
I guess you could say that both have the gasp-factor. Thanks for stopping by!
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Oh I love that Angela – the tiny and the vast. My shots of the tiny and yours of the vast.
I guess you could say that both have the gasp-factor. Thanks for stopping by!
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Great post, I do agree, I love that you listed things! I agree with so many on your list~
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I love your energy and vision Kathy, the way you look at life… thank you for speaking to my heart.
Shuli
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i, dear writer, cultivate wonder just by being here, now, reading your wise words. drinking in your wisdom and vision.
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Dear Ellen, Shuli and Jeanne – wonderful to have such shining lights in resonance with me. I am in excellent company. Thank you for your comments. They mean so much and inspire me to continue this journey, one step at a time. much love!
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I loved all of this but my favorite was: Living in the question
Lovely post!
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Thanks – as one who is “passionately curious” I can see why Living in the Question would be
your favorite. Appreciate your dropping by and commenting. Visiting your blog now…
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Hi dear Kathy,
Having read your comment on my blog, I surfed your way and found your wonderful post.
I can not describe the joy of recognition – or , well, will try –
a H U G E S I G H of joy, happiness, relief, and an internal party going on now – upon reading your wise words.
***Thank you***
Nina
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Thanks Nina – feeling’s mutual and I really appreciate your dropping by and leaving a
delicious comment. See you again soon!
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beautiful recipe for wonder. thank you1
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You are so welcome Dr. Dolly – thank you for joining me on the full moon path.
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