I hope you all had a good night's sleep.
I want to share with you today something from "The Ragamuffin Gospel" by Brennan Manning.
" Several years before his death, a remarkable rabbi, Abraham Joshua Heschel, suffered a heart attack. His closest friend was at his bedside. Heschel was so weak he was only able to whisper: "Sam, I feel only gratitude for my life, for every moment I have lived. I am ready to go. I have seen so many miracles during my lifetime. Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and he gave it to me."
I asked for wonder and he gave it to me. A Philistine will stand before a Claude Monet painting and pick his nose; a person filled with wonder will stand there fighting back the tears.
By and large, our world has lost its sense of wonder. We have grown up. We no longer catch our breath at the sight of a rainbow or the sent of a rose, as we once did. We have grown bigger and everything else smaller, less impressive. We no longer run our fingers through water, no longer shout at the stars or make faces at the moon. Water is H20, the stars have been classified, and the moon is not made of green cheese."
So today I want us all to look around with our "child" eyes and find something to "wonder" at. It may be a sight or sound or maybe the soft feel of something.
There WILL be a prize for the best "wonder" thing!
OK........ready.....set.........go.......
Nancy & Belle:l
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