Awe - The Wonder Word

A blog long in coming. I have lived with these ideas and thoughts for a while now, some have been with them for years, as I have plodded on in this journey of my life. 

Life. Lived in spurts and waves. Sometimes also in empty spaces. And often times in meaningless, mundane things. Eating, drinking, brushing teeth, sleeping, taking a dump, talking to loved ones, counting the money - this goes on everyday, with having little impact. And there are days, when I feel Awe, and the moment stretches to eternity with the wonder of it all. Also, days of Awleeees, when emotions wash over me and I become a single emotion, with no boundaries of skin, bones coming between the heart and the emotion. And the days where things are just Awful, when the world, its people and their actions are too much to bear, deadening my spirit, loading it with hopelessness and despair. 

The word "Awesome" is such a common occurrence these days. Everything is called awesome - a dress, a flower, a song, a reel, a well dressed person - just about everything is called awesome. Not all of these objects have the wonder that is woven into the word. Sometimes the word is written and spoken as "ossum" - and can begin to sound trivial. 

Yet, yet, here I am, beginning to write my Awe blog. Capturing my awe moments, the jaw-dropping Awesomes, the emotive Awleeees and the painful Awfuls, and choosing to name it with the same cringy Ossum word. "Cause there is no other word that is as wondrous as the Awe word, and despite it becoming much used, I still love it, relate to it, and want to live my life in the awe continuum. 

So here it is, presenting "The Awe Diaries"!