In the movie Annie Hall, there’s a great scene where Woody Allen and Dianne Keaton are sitting on a park bench making funny comments about passersby. It’s people watching, and it got me thinking.

My wife and I people-watch, but unlike Allen and Keaton, we don’t so much comment as wonder. 

I wonder where they are from. 

I wonder if they are old friends or life partners. 

I wonder where she got those shoes.

I wonder if he runs every day.

I wonder…

What is wonder?

It’s the desire to know something. It’s the essence of curiosity. It’s the spark that ignites creativity. 

But there’s more. There’s an innocent, childlike flavor to it. 

Think back to when you were a kid lying in the grass looking up at the night sky. I used to imagine all kinds of things. 

I wonder who lives out there.

I wonder what kinds of cities might exist.

I wonder what stories can be told.

Star Trek and Star Wars helped fill in some blanks there but they also expanded that sense of wonder.

There’s magic in wonder. There’s inventiveness in there too.

If you want to sell well, serve well, and/or work well, don’t discount wonder. 

Get curious. Ask, “What if?” Go ahead. Wonder. 

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