If reading is the first component of retaining wonder, reflection is the second. I have often been asked as I have carried out my responsibilities and calling over the years how one remains fresh in one’s thinking and able to keep one’s heart sensitive to the newness of God’s touch. I know of no better answer than to be in regular times of solitude and quietness before our Lord. In our harried and hurried lifestyles we work and rush and meet and talk. We take very little time to think. Thinking is a dying discipline in a society that throbs with activity.
