Unlocking the Secret Power of Awe: How Wonder Transforms Trauma into Healing
Reviewed by Melissa Oliveira
About a decade ago, I heard poet Mary Ruefle say something in her conversation on the Between the Covers podcast that has stayed with me in the years since. “I would rather wonder than know,” she said, “and it makes it more and more difficult to be alive on earth in these times when your inclination is to wonder rather than know.” She goes on to talk about how, before answers were immediately available on our smartphones, one had to sit with unanswered questions, and how the immediate answer to any question ends a period of wondering.
