Ross Laird
Author, consultant, educator
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Why are we doing this?
How long is this going to last?
I should check my phone!
The silence is driving me crazy!
Wandering
(the default mode)
(Encountering mystery)
Wonder
Cultivating Wonder
(Meandering, gazing, bathing)
The Great Caiman
The Great Rift
The Path of Wonder
Provides pathways to meaning
Helps us ask the big questions
Connects us to ourselves and others
Small Wonders
Meaningless distractions
Diversion from big questions
Isolation from ourselves and others
Big Problems
(depression, anxiety, isolation)
Big Problems!
(climate change, global conflict, poverty)
(slow, mindful, open, curious)
Authentic Wonder
The Hubble Ultra-Deep Field
Thanks for being here.
Keep searching for wonder.
Ross Laird
(I wrote this in the bath.)
Big Problems, Small Wonder
By Ross Laird
Big Problems, Small Wonder
TEDx Brentwood, 2016
