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Red shoes poised at the brink of a new adventure on the Croatian island of Rab. \u00a0Walking along unknown streets and alleys….you never know what wonder-ful and interesting things await. When travelling in far-off lands we fearlessly embrace the unknown with child like wonder. \u00a0No courage required we gamely go forth with a call of, \u201cbring it on!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Remember when everything used to make you feel wonder and awe? \u00a0A fluffy caterpillar inching its way along a branch, a stringy white cloud changing shape in a clear blue sky, \u00a0a spider spinning a intricate web \u2026nearly everything made eyes pop and mouths drop when we were kids.<\/p>\n

Wonder allows us to look at things as if seeing them for the first time. We need to explore wonder more often, because as adults, many of us lose our sense of wonder in life. It gets buried under piles of to do\u2019s, bills and responsibilities. We are never too old, too mature or too sensible to have a sense of wonder in fact it keeps us youthful and fearless and life wonder-ful!<\/p>\n

Since most of us don\u2019t have the resources to travel all the time, wonder has to be found in our everyday lives. How often do you marvel at your daily life?\u00a0 It\u2019s usually a fleeting moment, if at all…right?\u00a0So cultivating wonder would seem worthwhile.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve listed some of my ideas below.<\/p>\n

\u00a0reACTION [to change in the response to stimulus]: Finding Wonder<\/b><\/h2>\n

WATCH KIDS – <\/b>Kids approach life with a sense of wonder. Everything is new and bright. Everything is exciting. We can all take a lesson from observing children, from how excited they touch and explore, \u00a0how they smile at the simplest things. Apply some of that wonder to your daily life.<\/p>\n

ENGAGE IN CREATIVITY – <\/b>I\u2019ve been passionate about the area of creativity for a long time…first working with students and teachers and later corporations. We are all innately creative and have much more creative potential than we think.<\/p>\n

Visit previous posts…flexing the creative muscle<\/a>….imaginating<\/a>…seeing the world with new eyes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

TRAVEL TO FAR-OFF PLACES – <\/b>If your budget actually allows you to do tons of traveling, start packing! If not, go to the local library, and check out the section on travel. Look for travel essays where the writer is immersed in the culture or pick a general book like 1,000 Places to See<\/em> Before You Die<\/em>\u2014both will activate wonder!<\/b><\/p>\n

LEARN SOMETHING NEW – <\/b>Learning is one of the best ways you can cultivate wonder. You can either dig deeper into topics you\u2019re already familiar with, or take on a totally strange, interesting subject. Starting with books is easy, if you\u2019re not a big reader, watch The Discovery or History Channel or visit a museum. Ask yourself: What topics have I always wanted to learn about? What classes did I want to take in high school or college but didn\u2019t have time to? What topics make me happy?<\/p>\n

Go to TED Talks<\/a> to hear over 1500 talks by thought leaders from around the world on a wide range of topics. Whenever I want to feel an \u201cOH Wow\u201d this is where I go!<\/p>\n

Coursera <\/a>is something I\u2019ve just heard about and very exciting! It\u2019s an education company that partners with the top universities and organizations in the world to offer courses online for anyone to take, for free. There are close to 400 courses in over 20 categories created by 62 Universities from 16 countries. It\u2019s definitely worth a look!<\/p>\n

If you have other ideas for cultivating wonder please share!<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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