The Awe Of It All
Saturday night reflections. What a week. As I look out my window, to the sky above, to the street below, I think about the role awe has played in my life. How awe has been the source of my passions and my salvation.
I often return to awe in times of difficulty, anxiety, stress, and all the craziness life throws at me. When I was a young teenager discovering the cruelties of the world for the first time, it was awe that saved me again and again. It was my dreams born of awe that kept me alive.
The universe is my first love, the big bang of my awe-inspiring journey called life. For me, awe is more than an emotion or a state of mind. It is more than a way to interpret the infinite beauty that exists all around us and inside us. Awe is the magic that we create ourselves in our hearts.
A life force of cosmic proportions. We give birth to awe. All along we hold the key inside our hearts to not only our survival but to live a life of meaning, a life of purpose, and love. This key has the power to unlock any lock to any door we encounter in life.
The cosmic path has always been my compass with awe to guide me every step of the way. This week has been challenging. But with every challenge comes the ability to overcome the challenge. Here I am again like the young teenager I once was, looking out the window, wondering how to overcome. Here I am again in awe of it all, to keep going, to keep the magic of my heart…illuminating.
And when our heart illuminates, the whole world illuminates.
That is awe.
