“I wish to explore the beauty of everyday environments; in troubled times it is especially important to be aware of beauty and wonder.” ImportantDesireWishWonderEnvironmentEverydayTroubled Times Author:Elizabeth Barton
“Play, Incorporating Animistic and Magical Thinking Is Important Because It: Fosters the healthy, creative and emotional growth of a child; Forms the best foundation for later intellectual growth. Provides a way in which children get to know the world and creates possibilities for different ways of responding to it. Fosters empathy and wonder.” ThinkingKnowsWorldWayChildrenImportantDifferentPlayFormGrowthWonderCreativePossibilityEmotionalHealthyIntellectualEmpathyFoundationDifferent WaysRespondingIncorporatingEmotional GrowthMagical ThinkingIntellectual Growth Author:Rachel Carson
“It is very important for young people keep their sense of wonder and keep asking why.” PeopleImportantYoungWonderAskingSense Of WonderAsking Why Author:Stephen Hawking
“Eating at a new, highly recommended restaurant is like a Very Important Blind Date, a contract with uncertainty you enter into with great expectation battling the cynicism of experience. You sit waiting, wondering about the upcoming moments of revelation. Somewhere in the back of your head is the dour warning that disappointment is inevitable but you don't really believe it or you wouldn't be there. The best eaters are always optimists.” BelieveImportantMomentsWaitingWonderFoodEatingExpectationsBlindCookingDisappointmentInevitableUncertaintyRestaurantsRevelationsCulinaryContractsWarningCynicismOptimistGreat ExpectationsBlind Date Author:Stuart Stevens
“Yoga answers a lot of physical problems such as back pain, stress issues, and any kind of joint problems or illnesses. Even more important is the spiritual questioning that comes up around our middle years. We wonder what do I want to hand down to my children, and how do I want to spend my days on this earth? I think yoga begins to help us look at what our passions and our dreams are. And it helps give us the courage once we find passion to actually pursue that!” ThinkingWantGivingYearsLooksKindChildrenImportantHelpingProblemDreamHandsEarthPainSpiritualPassionAnswersWonderIssuesMiddleYogaStressCome UpIllnessPursueMy ChildrenQuestioningOur DreamsJointsBack Pain Author:Rodney Yee
“If physics is too difficult for the physicists, the nonphysicist may wonder whether he should try at all to grasp its complexities and ambiguities. It is undeniably an effort, but probably one worth making, for the basic questions are important and the new experimental results are often fascinating. And if the layman runs into serious perplexities, he can be consoled with the thought that the points which baffle him are more than likely the ones for which the professionals have not found satisfactory answers.” IfsShouldTryingMayImportantRunningFoundDifficultAnswersResultsEffortWonderSeriousPhysicsComplexityFascinatingPhysicistAmbiguityPerplexityLayman Author:Edward Condon
“I have a bunch of calendars I used before I went digital. Every once in a while, I'll open up one from 1991 and look at all the names and appointments and things that, at the time, seemed so important. Meetings that I was really worried about, things that I was getting calls four times a day about, and I wonder, "Where did it all go? Where are they now?" It's so strange, everything has disappeared. The only thing that stays behind is the work.” LooksImportantUsedNamesBehindsWonderFourStrangeMeetingsBunchWorriedDigitalCalendarsAppointments Author:Michael Bierut