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Awe and wonder

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whenim64 Fri 21-Sept-12 12:23:17

Any view that bathes the eyes and stirs those level feelings of awe and wonder, like my grandchildren's delight in the world around them, a late summer day of long shadows and a golden glow over everything, seeing loved ones happy, walking into a beautiful building containing works of art, sculptures by Henry Moore, a mother and tiger cubs playing in the wild, dolphins leaping though the ocean, whales surfacing and splashing their tails, long skeins of ducks flying overhead, African villages celebrating the instalation of their water supply, children surviving and overcoming any threat to their safety........... too many to list smile

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annodomini Fri 21-Sept-12 12:22:58

A glorious sunset does it for me too, nanad; so does a perfect snowscape and a beautiful waterfall...

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Nanadogsbody Fri 21-Sept-12 11:49:27

Just been reading two very different threads, one about autumn and the other about bring a secular nation ( or not ). Both made me wonder about what 'touches' us, what causes that feeling of awe and wonder.

I was once driving back from work along a sea wall. It was autumn, the sun was setting in a most spectacular way radiating amazingly unbelievable colours. Wave after wave of reds, pinks, oranges, purples, yellows, greens and gold, across the whole sky as far as i could see. And in the middle, like a hole in a doughnut, a circle which reflected the blue water of the marsh and the silhouettes of the roosting ducks. It was breathtaking. I had to pull off onto a layby and just look and look and look.

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