Often we live the truth of a postcard: Having a good time, wish I was here. That's what happens with speed, this crush of information with our "can't miss" technology guaranteed to give us more time. In the end we live out of breath and out of time.

In the words of TS Elliot, we are distracted from distractions by distractions. And we see less, taste less, listen less, smell less, touch less, and savor our own fullness less. Terry agrees with Thoreau, "nothing can be more useful to a man or woman than a determination not to be hurried." To be lost in wonder is to be present in our lives.

So let us rediscover Radical Amazement. Let us be those who spend their days lost in wonder, who live grateful, humble and self-possessed. Let us no longer give in to projection, resentment or despair. Let us be free to see our worth and significance, not in power or possessions or reputation or religion, but in the extraordinary Grace of our Creator.