Awe is not manufactured but received. Crossing a threshold with intention—any threshold—creates space to notice differently. On the other side, things speak. A tree is no longer categorized; it is encountered. A bird does not just fly; it surprises. Beholding stops the habit of evaluating. Silence follows. The world no longer exists for human use. It exists in its own right and invites respect. This shift is not intellectual. It is perceptual. To behold is to allow and to taste our awe in the wonder of nature. The task is not to explain but to attend. Openness to what is present allows transformation. What is true is no longer just what is thought. It becomes what is allowed to reveal itself.
May awe take root in your seeing,
and may the world reveal itself
without needing to be explained.
(inspired by Richard Rohr, Just This)