I am lucky to be graced with a friend who shares a daily thought - sometimes with laughter in mind, but often about the human condition.
Typically he sends a quote and follows with his commentary.
What was sent today was too "wonder"-ful not share beyond his list of readers...(a personal aside - I am thankful to be one of the chosen few)
So without further ado:
Wonder is not an obligatory element in the search
for truth. We can seek truth without wonder's
assistance -- but seek is all we can do: there will
be no finding. Until wonder descends, unlocks us,
turns us slack-jawed, truth is unable to enter.
Wonder may be the aura of truth, the halo of it.
Or something even closer. Wonder may be the
caress of truth, touching our very skin.
-- David James Duncan, from God Laughs
& Plays
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Wonder is not a condition we grasp; it grasps us.
We have the freedom, and capacity for stupidity,
to elude wonder's grasp. But why?
Steve Weems
Why indeed?
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