Wonder

Every other Monday I leave school a little early and make the trek up to Travelers Rest from Spartanburg for a Zest Quest meeting. Let me just inform you that this is no small trek. It takes me a good hour and fifteen minutes there AND back. When I first found out that I would have to do all this traveling for a meeting, I wasn’t too happy.
However, today was a different story. I found myself secretly enjoying the drive, especially on my way back. I opened up the sun roof to let fresh air in and rolled down my window so I could feel the wind on my face. I turned off the music and just listened as I drove home. It was amazing to say the least. With the seasons changing and fall approaching fast on the heels of summer, the temperature was just right.
Just FYI, fall is my most favorite season, because not only does it feel amazing outside, but it signifies the coming of all my favorite holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas. Ok, back to my sentimental mush…anyways, as I was driving home today and secretly enjoying the fact that I had to drive an hour and fifteen minutes to a meeting, I was caught up in wonder. I was caught up in the beauty of the mountains and the amazing back drop that it creates against the sky. I was caught up in the different smells and the lighting as it fell through the trees and into my car.
I realized that often times we become immune to the wonder of creation. We get caught up in our "To Do" lists and buried under our "piles" of stuff that we fail to look at life with eyes that seek awe and wonder.

“Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of Your universe. Each day enrapture me with Your marvelous things without number. I do not ask to see the reason for it all; I ask only to share the wonder of it all.”
-Joshua Abraham Heschel