Eyes to Wonder

One of the greatest gifts my time in Hawaii gave me was eyes to spot wonder and a heart to experience it. I can still close my eyes and re-live the moments I spent under the waves, seeking treasures, being in awe of the turtles and fish lavished with color and design, and the feeling of being at the mercy of the sea and being at peace with it.  In those moments I was out of my element, I felt alive, and I was hooked.

Wonder:

• A feeling of surprise mingled with admiration, caused by something beautiful , unexpected, unfamiliar, or inexplicable.
• The quality of a person or thing that causes wonder
• An extraordinary or remarkable person, event, or thing

When I think of wonder I think of what could be, and the mystery of what is. I enter a place of bliss and opportunity. The wonder of life, creation, the ocean and all of its many creatures; the wind as it howls through the mountain fir trees, the moment when chaos is contained and deep purpose is revealed; it all produces a feeling of wonder. Wonder surrounds us and we need to explore it in order to fully live.

When I allow myself to wonder I allow myself to appreciate the gift of breath and the mystery and beauty of living. I gain a greater sense of the uniqueness that God placed in me by allowing myself to reach a depth in my heart where my desires can be revealed and my imagination and creativity can be ignited. Wondering pulls the deeper meaning and magic out of the ordinary. Wonder is the gate where heavenly properties meet the physical world.

My goal for Wine&Wonder is to build and share my eyes of wonder. I believe wonder is necessary and I also believe it is contagious. Wonder applies to both present and future reality, the tangible and unseen. When you choose to see with eyes of wonder you see past the present fear to the blissful life you were created to live. Victoria Erickson puts it like this, “Wonder is one of the wildest elements and qualities on the massive scale of human experience. Just a pinch of it stops time. The world halts. The eyes fill. You become for a small time, everything you truly are.” So lets celebrate life, explore some perspective and give breath to our wonder.

-Kate