Heroes Not Zombies

The A to Z of Becoming has been very popular over the last 26 Sundays (if you want to see any of the posts, search “a to z” using the search box on this blog homepage). A number of readers have asked me what will happen now that last Sunday was “z for zigzag”. The answer is Part 2 starts today.

Ready for another 26 verbs?

Well, let’s start again with A. This time, A is for Amaze.

The French concept of émerveillement is a core value for me in daily life, and one of the connotations of that word is amazement. So the verb for this week is “amaze”.

We can think of this from two different perspectives –

1. what amazes you?
2. what do you do to amaze someone else?

Here’s one of the many things which amazes me, and I hope it will amaze you too…..

These are impressions left in the rocks by prehistoric people who were probably amongst the first inhabitants of Scotland. Look what happens when we flip this image up the other way

So, this amazes me in two ways.

First it I find these marks and indentations quite astonishing. To think how many thousands of years have passed since someone made them. And how did they make them? And why did they make them?

Second, I noticed that looking at these rain-filled indentations from one side of the rock made the water look concave, but from the other, they look convex. Luckily, I could capture that with my camera.

Isn’t that amazing?

It sure amazes me!

So, why not think about amazement this week and be prepared to both be amazed, and to amaze!