Small Wonder

We spend a lot of time looking for reason and meaning.

What’s wrong with the odd marvel? How about a knowing nudge instead of an explanation all the time?

Wonder shouldn’t be a hunger, but a meal. Like those fleeting instances when the startling beauty of a scene draws our mind away from ourselves in a moment which makes it impossible to find words to fit the feeling.

Here’s onesuch, in London’s cherry blossom this week. The fact that you can enjoy it as well is a reminder of how lucky we are to live at a time when our technical knowledge has gone so far that it has begun to put us at a loss at how to describe the most ordinary things.

This picture, this light on your screen, is as mysterious as the remotest known star and we know enough about both to know that we know nothing about either, except that something unknown is doing we don’t know what. The least and the most we can do is be amazed.

Have a wonderful weekend.