Heroes Not Zombies

One of my favourite French words is “Emerveillement” – it’s one of those words where you can’t just give a single English word equivalent when you try to translate it. It’s a bit like “wonder”, but also “amazement”, and “awe”. It’s not just a word for me, but, as it is in a French phrase “l’emerveillement du quotidien”, it’s a kind of life philosophy. That phrase means something like “the wonder of the everyday”. It’s about finding the extraordinary in the ordinary. It’s about noticing. It’s about paying attention with an open mind, a non-judging mind.

I find that the more I practice this the more it becomes an everyday way of living. I expect to encounter sights, sounds, smells, textures, sensations which make me stop, delight in them, and be amazed. I expect to have experiences where I find myself wondering….asking questions, becoming more curious.

I highly recommend it as a life practice – allow yourself to encounter the amazing everyday, to relish it, to be curious about it and to wonder……