December 5th, 2010

Reverb Day 4

I’m still trying to catch up on Reverb. Here’s prompt 4–

Wonder. How did you cultivate a sense of wonder in your life this year? (Author: Jeffrey Davis)

Uh, to be honest, this one’s a little crunchy for me. I mean, I always try hard to look for things to be happy about (hence the name of this blog) but that’s not specific to this year…

Oh, I know–I joined a women’s writing salon and a book club. Both these groups exposed me to wonder by exposing me to a wide range of smart, funny, engaged people who are not necessarily my close personal friends who care about the same things I do, without necessarily agreeing with me about how best to care. Sometimes, writing and reading alone in a garret, it is easy to believe that one is the last insightful being on the planet–or at least one and one’s personal friends are. It is wonderful to be reminded again and again that this isn’t so.