Wondering and Wandering

While helping a friend construct her memoir project we stumbled upon the power of asking a question and then wondering about it.

My friend loves rocks. In her memoir she could write, "I love rocks," but when asked why she loves rocks, the sharing becomes intimate and her soulfulness is revealed.

Her response to why she loves rocks was, "I wonder where they've been - where they've traveled from. If I see a dark rock with a stripe of white running through it, I wonder how that white stripe got there...what pressures formed it and how old it is."

The treasure isn't identifying the geological properties of the rock, it's the curiosity, wonder and awe of the woman holding it. Wondering without knowing all of the answers allows our hearts and minds to wander, and in those wondering, wandering moments we are lifted.

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