There comes a point when you realize that you are the only thing that keeps you from wonder. Your frustrations, your inner criticism, your unhappiness. It all comes back when you decide to stop letting it block that wonder from you. Yes, things are still frustrating, yes, things are still very very bad...for many reasons we accept that this is true..but, for each reason the world makes me sad, I think of the valiant souls who keep trying to make wonder. They do it to help. They do it to bring the light. So, my mission is to live each day like it's got something joyous waiting for me to find it. I seek it like others seek money. I remind myself that there are people , who have passed away, who would give anything to live just one more day I consider mundane.... because none of it is..nothing is mundane. It's life and living. Bad things are still you living. It's you learning and adjusting. Becoming aware of your own capabilities and your own will. You learn you can rebuild yourself because you had to..you know where each piece of you goes..and when that bad thing passes, you know you survived it because of yourself and the love that makes you keep fighting. Stop thinking that bad things mean there is no wonder...wonder comes from seeking the light, even as the dark stands over your shoulder.. because those that seek the light aren't unaware that darkness exists. They shine brightly because they know it does..and that light is what my makes the dark bearable. The stars are soo beautiful. The moon like a goddess in the sky and us? We are just children learning how to tend our hearts. Wonder is alive and swift...it passes very quickly but, omg..how lovely it is to remember. Human beings have a strange ability to relive moments that feel just as emotionally impactful as the moment we lived it. The reason for that, is that if we remember joy..we never forget how to recreate it.