“To wonder, the action, is more like questioning, but wonder is not curiosity. Curiosity propels us to investigate, to pick apart a clock’s cogs and wires, whereas wonder surprises and delights, receives and conceives. Yet, as we’ll see in later chapters, wonder often incites curiosity. Yes, wonder can incite wondering. Wonder is a heightened state of consciousness and emotion brought about by something unexpected. While it is a perceptual experience that happens in the mind, it can radiate through your body’s parasympathetic nervous system, which is the opposite of the fight-or-flight response, helping you to relax and open to insight and possibility.”