New Book Forthcoming…
The Wonder Years
…Recovering the Capacity for Astonishment
We are born wondering. Somewhere along the way, the world teaches us to stop — to be practical, to be sensible, to see things as they are rather than as they might be. The Wonder Years is the story of that loss, and the map back.
About The Book:
Wonder is not nostalgia. It is not childhood sentiment or wide-eyed naivety. It is a specific, neurological, philosophical state — and researchers are increasingly identifying it as foundational to human flourishing, creativity, and meaning. And yet we lose it. Not all at once. Not through a single failure or decision. But slowly — through a thousand small surrenders to certainty, through the accumulated weight of knowing, labeling, categorizing, moving on. Drawing on psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, faith, and memoir, The Wonder Years traces the full arc of wonder: from its origins in infancy, to its slow eclipse in adulthood, to its remarkable and hard-won return.
It is, in the end, a book about paying attention — and why it might be the most important thing you ever learn to do twice.
"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science."
-Albert Einstein
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