WONDER

Definition: Wonder (wun`der) – n.- a feeling of amazement or admiration v. – to feel admiration; to feel uncertainty.

Synonyms: - speculate, doubt, question, be unsure, conjecture.

How many words can you make from the letters in the word ‘wonder’? There’s won, on, one, Don, Ron, done, red, rod, roe, row, rode, rend, now, new, no, nod, doe, nor, ore, or, ode, dew, wore, wed, worn, word.

The process of wondering can be linked with making choices, decisions. I wonder what I should do, what choice I should make. I wonder what will be the best decision. Should I or shouldn’t I.

Then once I have made a choice, I wonder if I made the right decision. I wonder what would have happened if I had made the other choice. I wonder if maybe there were other choices that I could have made that I wasn’t even aware of.

Simple choices, like which item to order from the menu in a restaurant turns into a complicated over intellectualized turmoil. Once the choice is made, I still wonder if I made the right choice. Is it what I really want! Will it satisfy me! Will it satisfy my craving! Will I wish I had ordered something different!

I wonder why my decisions around choices are often influence by the cost. Money is often the deciding factor that sways my decision making process. Trade off’s, on the balance sheet of wants.

I even wonder what decisions I would make when I win the lottery, living a life where money was no object. I wonder when and where I should buy a lottery ticket. I wonder if I am supposed to be playing the same numbers, or if my winning ticket will be a quick pick. I wonder when I am going to win. What choices will I make with the money I win!

Then there is the wonder of nature. It is amazing. There are fragrances, colors, textures. So many things to wonder about, like one word – green, for so many different colors.

And have you ever wondered why! Why me! Why not me! Why you! Why not you!

Even wondered why someone liked or disliked me! What did I do wrong, right!

How can I be unsure when I speculate on the question of the doubt I conjectured.

I wonder.

January 2009