When was the last time you stood truly awestruck? When was the last time your heart seemed to stand still as you gaped in true wonder at the sight that unraveled before you?
This is a rare experience for most of us, especially in this day and age when most of us will spend the majority of our time sitting in a small room typing.
Our idea of a fun and exciting afternoon will often mean watching something good on TV. It’s hardly inspiring. And it’s kind of repetitive. And that’s why it’s so important that we every now and then do something to really shake up this feeling of inertia. That’s where cultivation comes in.
So how do you go about cultivating awe? Well, one way to do it is simply to get outside more, to explore more, to learn more and to keep expanding your mind.
We can’t spend every day gazing across vast desserts or coming face to face with majestic beasts. But we can inject just a little awe into everything else we do. And that can often be enough to make us reassess our place in the world.
