Author: clfuu

Realizing that you are a tiny speck in a universe with no end strikes our sense of wonder and awe. The perspective that follows can make you feel holy.

What gives you a perspective that feels holy?

Our capacity to adapt to change is awe-inspiring. We are faced with seemingly impossible odds, and we find a way to overcome them over and over again. Stronger than ever before. -JeKaren Olaoya (CLF)

What is a time you’ve faced the need to adapt to changing circumstances?

The moment you acknowledge your survival of something you once thought beyond your ability is one of the purest forms of Awe in the human condition. -Rev. Dr. Erien Babcock (CLF)

Think about a time when you survived something you thought impossible.

I am in awe of the hummingbirds in my yard.  They are so tiny and move so fast and are so beautiful.  Truly awe inspiring.  I am in amazed that they spend hours at the discount-store feeder I got.   One of the smallest creatures in nature is so awe inspiring. -Judy DiCristofaro (CLF), photo by Judy as well!

What is something small that fills you with awe?

When I hear Gabriel Faure’s famous “Requiem” I cannot help but recall the time I sang it with a choir. I am transported to a place and time of transcendent wonder and beauty—a sense of awe that went beyond me, and connected me to the people around me singing, to the people listening, to something that flowed in and among all of us, and beyond the room we were in, connecting us to all that is. -Rev. Dr. Michael Tino (CLF)

When has music or art connected you to something transcendent?