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do you ever wonder?

what if we are being called to re-enchant our own worlds? why do you think we have been beguiled into thinking that we already know (and don’t care) what’s under that rock (it’s bugs not gnomes) or inside this tree (it’s just rings not dryads) or around the corner (it’s just the neighbors not any nymphs)?

we have renounced our collective heritage of symbols, fairytales, fables and mythological archetypes, which require interaction, a solitary poring over and many visits as different versions of ourselves, to derive meaning over knowledge. they’ve moved us away from the interpretive experience of books and handed us these screens by which to take in pre-processed entertainment and explainers.

we have replaced foods with nutrients. chewing is optional. this is the difference between being spoonfed and learning to forage in nature. both traditions have a time and place but we’ve lost motivation for the latter. why? because it’s not straightforward and it requires the time and attention that consumerism has already claimed.

remember that we do not know what’s coming and that we have an extremely limited grasp of what’s here now. be in awe of it all and the experience of wonder that eludes us will waft ever so gently back into your daily, moment-to-moment consciousness, back into who you are. to the child within. this is the energy inside you that uses this world to create and imagine. we won’t have to remind ourselves to be grateful when we allow it to be threaded back into our perception.