Awe - Talk 23 of 25

Topic: Awe

Theme: Emotions Management

Author: Barry Sweet

Date: January 7, 2018

Video Production by Tim & Karen Morse. Morsephotography.com

My favorite words in life: “Hmmm…”, “Huh…”, “Mmmm”, “Reflection” (because of the power of that word), “Dialogue” (because of the power of that word). 

My favorite emotion in life: “Awe”. When you feel that emotion it takes over your entire body, every synapse inside you fires and you're completely alive. My mom turned 75 and I thought you know she probably doesn't have the experience of Aweanymore because… “Been there. Done that”. And I want to give her the experience of Awe (once again). So I took her to SeaWorld.  Actually, to back up a bit, I got a map of the country and said: “Anywhere you want to go… just tell me… for a weekend”. And she pointed on the map. And one of the places we ended up going while we were visiting was SeaWorld. 

We got there at 5:00 pm. I got her a place in the shade, so she was facing the tank and wouldn't have the sun in her eyes and… it's impossible to sit there and watch Shamu and Namu pass in the air and not have that emotion of Awe. And so, you can kind of sense when it's going to happen in the program, and so rather than watching the tank I just leaned back and I watched my mom's face and Awe just took over her whole face and it was one of the most beautiful memories of my life.  And that's why Awe is my favorite emotion.