The ‘science of resilience’ side of me, loves seeing the research, which can at times, quantify something we may intuitively know and experience. One that I regularly return to (and marvel on), is the fact that making and enjoying music has connected us to our ancestors for at least 35,000 years. Yet, there also always is, (and hopefully will be), beauty, mystery, and awe (it’s certainly not new).Ī few favourite discoveries recently include the fact that our mitochondria (the energy producers in our cells), are the product of a symbiotic mutalism between a eukaryote and a bacterium! Which translated essentially means, a single cellular organism and a bacteria decided to collaborate millennia ago for a greater benefit to each other, which made something more magical (aka the energy producers in our cells)! Wow!Īnother, is that there is ‘no new water’ in the world! The water in our bodies, that we drink, in the sea, and in our taps, is the same water that’s been continuously recycled, since the very beginnings of the earth! WOW! Quite frankly, there are times, (and there will be), that life is challenging, uncertain, and hard. In my closet creative writer’s life, I often marvel in awe, and play with the ‘cor-blimey’ ness of it all. A deep bow of gratitude to Thoreau, and all those who remind me of the importance of finding, noticing, or wondering about the magic that happens every day around us, (and even inside us).įinding the magic, is a resilience practice that ‘reorientates me’, it reminds me of the gift of life, of the bigger picture, (and even the mystery). Thoreau was an American Naturalist and Philosopher, who’s philosophy revered the magic of every-day life. Walking in between meetings in London almost 10 years ago, I came across one of my favourite pieces of street art with a quote from Henry David Thoreau, “All The Good Things Are Wild and Free’. whilst it’s had many different meanings, part of the etymology of awe, points to looking with wonder, inspired by the sacred or sublime.
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