Off Path to Wonder

“The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter” – Mark Twain

“Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs.”― Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre

Less doing, busy, transactions
More making, building, creating
Color, oxygen, joy, light, music, art, nature, fun
To root, renew, restore
A sense of wonder and awe
Ease  and delight found in wandering off path, discovery
Gratitude in praise
For another day
And the sense and openness to breathe it all in
Walk lightly, with anticipation and delight.

“Forgiveness is a refusal to armor your own heart—a refusal to live in a constricted heart,” he said, seemingly as much to himself as to me. “Living with that openness means feeling pain. It’s not pretty, but the alternative is feeling nothing at all.”― Suleika Jaouad, Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted