When we’re young, everything is magical. The ordinary is extraordinary. Little things like basic chemical reactions, mixing ingredients and discovering they turn into a cake when combined, dandelions puffing into the air when blown on, fireflies lighting up fields at dusk, rainbows after the rain, the way a snowy night seems to glow bright as day, or even just the way that snowflakes float out of the sky and land on your eyelashes. Oh, and the wonder of snowflakes themselves! Every single one is unique and has never been seen before!
All of these things are magical. Can you remember the magic of learning new words when you were young? How exciting it was to learn that there was a word that encapsulated a concept! Do you remember how excited you were to use those new words you learned and how often you tried to use them? Words, language, and vocabulary were magical.
Of course, you grew up, and in time, those things became commonplace; you learned to take them for granted, and the magical became mundane.
Maintaining a sense of wonder after 30, 50, or 65 years can be difficult - particularly in a mundane job, working 9 to 5, we’re doing something you hate. Even worse, life can lose its sense of magic when you feel inundated by despair, the negativity that comes with the evening news or the onslaught of terrible news all day, every day! Or, perhaps, a sense of hopelessness that focuses on mountains of debt, student loans, car payments, mortgages, Credit card debt, etc. It’s so easy to get focused on all these little things that just pile up and steal your joy, take away your sense of wonder, and make you forget how miraculous, magical, and joyful life really is!
But sometimes, a new hobby, learning a foreign language, or discovering new worlds and new characters through works of fiction can revive that sense of wonder. Escaping into another world, going on an adventure with a new character you just met, or being surprised by magical moments in your favorite stories are incomparable and irreplaceable.
Sometimes, it’s choosing to see life through a new lens and remembering to turn on that sense of wonder. When you feel like you’ve seen it all, remember: You haven’t seen that sunset. You haven’t seen this snowflake. You’ve never seen these leaves turn colors before. So the next time you’re out and about, stop and smell the flowers you’ve never smelled before and inhale wonder; pick up that leaf you’ve never seen before and be enamored of the colors on it; stare up into the sky at the next snowfall in amazement at how they seem to come from nothing and float down to you. Look up more often! You’re probably busy looking down at your phone, the pavement, or your shoes too often.
Find something, do something, or read something that takes you out of the mundane, out of despair, out of the ordinary, and choose to experience a sense of wonder again. You’re never too old to experience that wonder; you’ve never seen too much, lived too much, or know too much. Wonder is something that we unlearn as we grow up, and it’s something we must practice to keep alive in our hearts.
Boop ✨
Emma
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