Daily Question, January 4 What is one thing you experienced recently that opened you to a sense of wonder or awe? 36 Reflections Share Click here to cancel reply.Please log in or Create a Profile to post a comment. Notify me when someone replies to my comment via e-mail. Nina1 month agoNinaThe birth of my grandson. Although, the world is experiencing hardships and loss due to COVID 19, God is merciful!! Life is continuing and we were blessed by his birth during this time. Praise JAH! 0 Reply ridita2 months agoriditaEvery moment is precious if you really know how to enjoy it. I was watching my parents were laughing together with their sweet chitchats. You don’t need too many elements if you know how can you stay happy with whomever you are with or whatever you have. 1 Reply KC2 months agoKCFour trumpeter swans flying in formation close by, overhead, honking away … 4 Reply Mallibi Monasterio2 months agoMallibi MonasterioMy travel to Big Bend. The connection with Nature and the feeling of one with the universe. We have all we need within ourselves to live a happy and fullness life 3 Reply sunnypatti2 months agosunnypattiI experience awe, or God moments, all the time. Watching the sun rise, walking on the beach and feeling the energy that the ocean and landscape offer, sitting in my yard, staring at the stars, and, most recently, looking at my soon to be husband and feeling so in love, so appreciated, so grateful. When I think of the work I've done on myself, I get that feeling, too. This is such an incredible life, with silver linings everywhere, miracles happening every day, and a new breath every other second...I experience awe, or God moments, all the time. Watching the sun rise, walking on the beach and feeling the energy that the ocean and landscape offer, sitting in my yard, staring at the stars, and, most recently, looking at my soon to be husband and feeling so in love, so appreciated, so grateful. When I think of the work I’ve done on myself, I get that feeling, too. This is such an incredible life, with silver linings everywhere, miracles happening every day, and a new breath every other second or so. It’s all so magical and perfect! Read More3 Reply Malag2 months agoMalagDoing breath work where I was holding an exhaled breath for a very long time: the feeling of the body resting there, not wanting to breathe, conjoined to a mind that just could not figure out why it was ok and relaxing to just rest without a breath. 4 Reply Cheryle2 months agoCheryleWhen I meditate my dog has taken to sitting under my chair recently and she seems so happy when we both leave the room! 3 Reply Holly in Ohio2 months agoHolly in OhioI had a cat (appropriately named “mu”) who would crawl right into my lap while I sat zazen, she would stair at my chin and purr! She did it often… rather a distraction, really, but so funny! Alpha waves her catnip? 1 Reply Malag2 months agoMalagAw. They really tune into us when we get into a deep state! 3 Reply Ms. Awesome2 months agoMs. AwesomeThe discovery of finding a different channel to do my prayers on it really seemed like a divine message from God and it was a much better way to pray and since I can’t attend Daily Mass due to my being a senior with health complications and was told that I could not attend due to the virus so I do a daily mass and recite the rosary and chaplet on TV and I found an enlightening channel and it was so amazing! Much love Dee 5 Reply Pollyanna Gladwell2 months agoPollyanna GladwellTo opt for only one thing is so very very difficult! So I’m going with film –but two that I watched tonight. The first was the video of James on this site’s new feature - Grateful Voices. A beautiful man with a beautiful message for me. And then I watched (on YouTube) the masterpiece – Human’s Musics. Visually stunning, musical perfection, and with a message that James encapsulated in his video. A sense of wonder and awe is flooding my being at the beauty of this world an...To opt for only one thing is so very very difficult! So I’m going with film –but two that I watched tonight. The first was the video of James on this site’s new feature – Grateful Voices. A beautiful man with a beautiful message for me. And then I watched (on YouTube) the masterpiece – Human’s Musics. Visually stunning, musical perfection, and with a message that James encapsulated in his video. A sense of wonder and awe is flooding my being at the beauty of this world and its people. Read More5 Reply Pat2 months agoPatBuds on dogwood trees on a cold, wet winter day’s walk. 6 Reply Dusty Su2 months agoDusty SuA sense of grace that is slowly unfolding throughout my being while in a protracted place I’d prefer not to be, but know ultimately, I should be. Grace is a blessed thing/state. “He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.” — Aeschylus. 6 Reply Don Jones2 months agoDon JonesIt is always day break – which is really a misnomer when you think about it. It is actually night break – the breaking of the night by the emergence of the fresh new day. 5 Reply Naureen2 months agoNaureenMy niece little girl spreading happiness and filling space with her laughter….. 4 Reply Melissa2 months agoMelissaThe rain, it finally came last week. It changed the landscape here. Washed all the oak leaves, small poppy seeds rising out of the wet dark earth. Birds hopping to catch earth worms. Rain water is like a awe inspiring miracle to me. I watched it gratefully falling down from the sky onto our parched landscape all nature came alive. 4 Reply Anna2 months agoAnnaThe care my neighbors had for my father when he was dying. I felt their warm embrace indirectly addressed to me too. The love of my cousins, during the same sad circumstance. Today, the fresh snow whitening the mountains near where I live and the relief of my body after a visit to an osteopathic doctor. 4 Reply MelaD2 months agoMelaDA few days ago, walking around a lake snuggled in fog, I stood in wonder as birds went about their morning, chattering on about this and that. Watched squirrels rediscover some plump acorn snack, romping about, whizzing up and down tall trees and skittering across the forest floor. Reminds me how being present in the moment changes my perspective as well as opens my eyes and heart anew to the necessity of play in my life. 7 Reply Lauryn2 months agoLaurynNature- specifically hiking in the redwoods. Seeing the old growth forest…the changing landscapes. Feeling a sense of accomplishment. 7 Reply MelaD2 months agoMelaDI hear you, Lauryn! Redwoods are comforting old souls. 3 Reply Carol2 months agoCarolThe care and concern shown by my next door neighbors. They are in their late eighties but they know that I live alone and they check on me regularly. Their kindness is life-giving. 9 Reply Mike S2 months agoMike SSome months back I stepped out my front door to go for my walk which I usually do every day. I looked up at a blue sky with just a few clouds, and for some reason at that moment I felt an unusual delight in the view and a spaciousness opening in my mind and in my heart.I became so happy in that moment. 6 Reply Butterfly2 months agoButterflyA couple of days ago I was practising my usual breathing meditation and I went deeper, or further out, than I have ever been before. I was in an amazing space full of love and oneness. 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