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How To Experience Awe In A Busy World
Cultivate an open mind and simply stay tuned
On a regular day I find myself stuck in the sameness of routine, dull and exhausted by the familiarity of things. Until sometime unsual crosses my path.
Finding awe in my neighborhood
It was still pretty bright (and hot too) when I stepped out for a walk at the end of a busy work week. It felt good to be out and about on a sunny evening, a rare one without the wet weather we had been having for weeks.
I turned the corner and headed in the familiar direction of a rectangular patch of grass that marks the spot where I usually turn around. Sometimes I step off the walkway, take off my shoes and walk barefoot on the green expanse of freshly cut lawn. But I was stopped in my tracks by an unusual sight. A baby, crawling on the grass!!
A child’s stroller was parked on the walking path and the adult, presumably the child’s father was observing the little one crawl confidently on the prickly grass. The baby had dark curly hair and was dressed in a yellow t-shirt and short pants. His knees, hands and legs were in full contact with the grass which I knew from past experience had crabgrass, dried straw and sometimes even sharp thorns. None of it seemed to deter the determined child who was…
