#1338 - rediscovering wonder
It's a nice day, a bit chilly, but at least the sun had come out after two days of rain. We went out for a lazy stroll seaside, near the art district. It's a nice area, always full of families.
I was walking with my partner, looking for a coffee place, when I saw a family with three kids. I don't know why that particular family captured my attention. Maybe it was because the three kids were wearing the same hats. Anyway, I observed them just for a few seconds. They were gleaming with joy, pointing each other attention towards the most mundane things as if they were looking at the most incredible marvels.
In those few seconds, I felt the desire to be born again, only to experience that sense of wonder.
To experience everything as if it was the first time.
To recognize the magic in everything.
What a fantastic superpower that is.
I walk around with all my memories, knowledge, biases, conditioning, and beliefs about how things should and should not be. All great things that allow me to accomplish a lot. Yet, sometimes all I want is to let go of all of that to see the world as a kid. To experience that sense of wonder.
That is what brought me to the practice of subtraction: the possibility to see through all my conditioning and discover the magic in the mundane.