Wonder Off

There's a measurable difference between wondering and wondering and it's revealed in this mini podcast.

Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

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• Mindfulness
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• Creativity
• How to stay in the present moment
• Spirituality
• Behavior improvement

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Transcript

Wonder Off

I had one of life’s happy accidents happen one morning. I was reading someone’s blog and they misspelled a word that took me off on a track I would’ve not gone on to without spotting his error.

He wrote that he “wondered off” when he meant to write “wandered off.”

We all wander off. We leave the present and we revisit the past or mentally wander into the future. It’s an every day occurrence. Too much wandering cheats us out of a lot of life because life always happens now. Whatever is going on now is your life.

When you catch yourself aimlessly wandering off, here’s something you can do that will not only bring you back to the present, but it’ll also engage your creativity and add more fullness to your life. Let’s call it “wondering off.”

I've written about the magic contained in the word “Wonder” before. Wondering engages our creative energy. When you wonder, you are exploring possibilities subconsciously.

“Wondering off” is simply asking yourself a question and then going about your life while your creative part works on an answer.

Here’s the difference between wandering off and wondering off: Wandering takes you to the same places you’ve already been; wondering opens new doors.

It’s a more productive use of your time to wonder rather than wander. When you catch yourself wandering off, you could ask yourself a purposeful question like this: “I wonder what I could do now that would be more useful than wandering off?” Then just go about your day and notice what your creativity delivers.

The key is to catch yourself wandering and then interrupt it with wondering. In investment terms, wondering is making deposits and reaping dividends; wandering is spending all your money on depreciable assets and depleting your account.

Make a deposit into your creativity bank today and wonder about something. That doesn’t mean to “think about it”; that’s just wandering. Wondering is asking yourself a question and then letting it go as you go about your day. By making this activity a regular practice, you'll discover the miracle of compound interest as your creativity works behind the scenes.

Wonder before you go off to sleep, or as you head out for a walk, or just before you’re about to go into some quiet time. You can wonder anytime you choose. But, wandering chooses you.

Make the choice to wonder rather than wander and see how much more life you can live.

All the best,

John