It’s staggering how many thing we can take for granted today. For instance, consider normal activities like checking your email, browsing the web, making a call, or watching a show. Even though they are very familiar to us today, can you imagine trying to explain these things to someone 100 or 200 years ago? When we stop and think about it, the technology we use on a daily basis is absolutely amazing, yet it’s become so familiar that it can be easy to lose a sense of wonder.
The same thing can happen throughout our lives. As we grow familiar with how the world works, we also can lose a sense of awe at the astonishing things all around us–and not just with technology, but with life itself. The challenge is to be able to grow in our understanding of the world around us, while still keeping a sense of wonder at the magic of it all.