Wonder
Questions

1. What was your first experience of wonder? Your first moment of awe?

2. What childhood book served as a doorway into wonder for you? How does its imprint on you remain?

3. Has age impeded or assisted your experience of wonder?

4. How has the location of wonder changed for you over time? Has it shifted from the stars to the woods? From the birth of planets to the birth of your child? From the physical feats your body allowed to the storied wrinkles of your hand?

5. At this stage of your life, do you prefer child-like wonder or adult-like wonder?

6. Is it possible to love someone without being – in some way – in awe of them?

7. Could it be that your challenge isn’t noticing wonder, but savoring it? What strategy or habit might you take on to make sure wonder lingers?

8. If you were to list your top 10 values/priorities, where would “experiencing wonder” be on the list?

9. When was the last time you stood in wonder at your life partner?

10. Can you imagine someone standing in wonder at you?

11. If you were to make one change to your daily routine to let a bit more wonder in, what would it be?

12. They say the three main impediments to wonder are worry, accomplishment and judgment. When any of those three take center stage, wonder leaves the room. Is this in any way true for you?

13. What would make your holidays more wonder-filled?