A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood. If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life, as an unfailing antidote against the boredom and disenchantements of later years, the sterile preoccupation with things that are artificial, the alienation from the sources of out strength. Rachel Carson--From "The Sense of Wonder," 1965
I saw this quote on the wall when we went to the aquarium. I took a picture of it, so that I could use it later. I can't wait to read her book!
I think it is such a wonderful thought. So many of us lose that sense of wonder and love of the world around us. We get caught up in all the things we need to do, places we need to be, money we need to make and all the rest that it is hard to notice the flowers blooming and the amazing world we live in.
We have so little time on this earth, why waste it with electronic devices and other things that don't bring happiness and don't matter??
3 comments:
Beautifully written, my dear! There are so many simple, nature beauties around us!
I am glad you shared this. I love the phrase "true instinct." I think we all need to find that within ourselves again. It might take some digging, but it would be so worth it. In today's world we spend too much time comparing ourselves to everyone else and not enough time celebrating our own God given strengths.
Tirzah, you mean like blogging?
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