Staying in Wonder

Staying in wonder is a difficult thing sometimes. Everyday at lunch for the past two months and a few weeks I've looked out the window at the Empire State Building. The first time I saw the skyline from that view I just smiled because I truly didn't know what to say. I want that reaction to be the same every time I see that view. I don't want to forget the things that really impress me about my surroundings...genuine wonder is rare and worth remembering. It's like when you meet someone that just steals your breath and leaves you smiling and you can't figure out why. To be clear, I just want to constantly remind myself that most of the stuff I see isn't by chance.
Every time I ride the subway I want to be amazed that God gave someone the idea of trains traveling underneath the city (with people on them). It's not a simple idea, most things are complicated from the start. Unfortunately, as time passes we take things for granted that were here before us; and in a lot of cases we assume that they got there pretty easily.

Let me prove my point.

If you went up to someone 400 years ago and said, "Hey! Guess what? One day people are going to be traveling under you in the exact spot where you're standing. Oh, and they're not even going to have to move their legs. It will work well, the people will just sit in these big metal tubes that are tied together and move on big strips of metal."

-Immediately after making this statement you might be accused of being a witch.

Main point: We are blessed. The city is really an example of grace. Millions of people get up, go to work, and go home everyday. There are so many intricacies that interconnect the people in the streets and boroughs. It's life, and it shouldn't grow old to us no matter where we are.