{"id":1900,"date":"2011-12-01T22:23:54","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T03:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/?p=1900"},"modified":"2011-12-01T22:23:54","modified_gmt":"2011-12-02T03:23:54","slug":"time-and-a-sense-of-wonder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2011\/12\/time-and-a-sense-of-wonder.html","title":{"rendered":"Time And A Sense of Wonder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/107\/2011\/12\/clock.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1904\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/107\/2011\/12\/clock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What would you do if you had &#8220;time and a sense of wonder?&#8221; That is a question that beckons to me today, after watching this magnificent TED Talk offered by film-maker Louie Schawartzberg.<\/p>\n<p><cite>www.<strong>youtube<\/strong>.com\/watch?v=gXDMoi<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>When I consider the 24 hours a day, we are each granted from the moment the sun rises, until the moment it sets and then rises anew,\u00a0 I am in awe, because I know that\u00a0 it is ripe with opportunity to make a difference in my own life and that of those with whom I cross paths. Thinking about the number of hours I wasted in the past, worrying, second guessing, &#8216;what if and if only-ing&#8217;, I shake my head in dismay, because I know that it could instead, have been invested wisely. How much richer and fuller could my relationships have been had I known then what I know now? How much peace of mind could I have experienced instead of disturbing my own peace? These are simply inquiries and not condemnation. These days, I am amply aware that time is a precious commodity to be used to grow love seeds instead of a patch of weeds.<\/p>\n<p>And then there&#8217;s the wonder part. I look at the world through opti-mystical, miracle eyes and what comes back to me is that it is a pretty awesome place. Life is endlessly fascinating and I am never bored. One of my favorite quotes comes from the movie Joe vs. The Volcano. &#8220;My father says that almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know. Everybody you see. Everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant total amazement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What is it that you find amazing?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; What would you do if you had &#8220;time and a sense of wonder?&#8221; That is a question that beckons to me today, after watching this magnificent TED Talk offered by film-maker Louie Schawartzberg. www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gXDMoi When I consider the 24 hours a day, we are each granted from the moment the sun rises, until the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":233,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,1,12,19,3,14,16,38],"tags":[1160,663],"class_list":["post-1900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-affirmations","category-attracting-what-you-desire","category-bliss-kiss-for-your-weekend","category-empowerment","category-gratitude","category-how-to-invite-bliss","category-my-personal-bliss","category-transformation","tag-louie-schawartzberg","tag-ted"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Time And A Sense of Wonder - The Bliss Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2011\/12\/time-and-a-sense-of-wonder.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Time And A Sense of Wonder - The Bliss Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; 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