Joyous Exploration

“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” – Albert Einstein

“Every day is filled with opportunities to be amazed, surprised, enthralled—to experience the enchanting everyday. To stay eager. To be, in a word, alive.”― Rob Walker, The Art of Noticing

In quiet moments.
Chance encounters.
Wandering and wondering.
Settling and pausing the grind.
Slow as syrup.
From mechanics to flow.
Nuance, beauty, delight.
May you wander off trail to joyous exploration.
Often.

“Let’s stop trying to be so productive all the time and make an effort to be more curious. Do you want to look back on a life of items crossed off lists drawn up in response to the demands of others? Or do you want to hang on to, and repeat, and remember, the thrill of discovering things on your own? Todd B. Kashdan, a professor of psychology at George Mason University, refers to curiosity as ‘joyous exploration’—defined as ‘the recognition and desire to seek out new knowledge and information, and the subsequent joy of learning and growing.’”― Rob Walker, The Art of Noticing