BTF #132 - The Power of Awe
Not everyone loves the holidays... but maybe that's because something's missing from the modern practice from Nov to Jan
I have a confession to make: I love the holidays.
Growing up in a small town, my grandfather was a reverend and the holidays were a big deal. When I would go to church, which I often did to spend time with my grandparents - he would begin to talk and his voice would boom in this little country church - and I’d feel this sense of melting. Like my mind was opening up & getting out of the way - tension was leaving my body - I wasn’t only me anymore. I was bigger than me…
I took it for granted for a long time - until I hadn’t felt that way long enough that I forgot it
I didn’t know how to describe it for a long time
But fast-forward 20 years & in my studies of Positive Psychology I encountered the word for it:
Self-transcendence