Wonderment

Sometimes we get caught up in the stuff we have to do.

Sometimes we get caught up in the things we need to do.

Sometimes we get caught up in the stuff we want to do.

Sometimes we are simply caught up in things and stuff that in 5 years won’t matter.

Sometimes we are simply caught up doing things that will matter for the rest of our lives.

While it is important to keep all of this in perspective, (and sometimes we are in the thick of it all and don’t know the difference), there is another element I want to reintroduce to your life.

The sense of Wonderment.

As little kids exploring the world for the first time, we are filled with this wonderment of the things around us.  But we are too young to recognize this state of wonderment we are in.

And pretty soon we take things for granted.

As you venture out or stay in, take some time for reflection.

It doesn’t have to be self-centered.  Actually it might be better if you focus on something other than yourself.

Here in Indiana, where I live we have a few hundred thousand people.  In my daily travels through the city, I also pass some rural areas where the corn is really high right now.

Yet even if I simply stay home and look at the front yard, or backyard, I can see all kinds of things that a 2 or 3 year old would look at with wonderment.

Relive and reconnect with your sense of wonderment and that will help you keep perspective with all of that stuff and things we started talking about at the beginning of this article.