Rachel Wilkerson Miller

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All of this is a way of stepping outside of yourself.

And I think that's really important.

I think especially if you're on your phone a lot or only talking to your partner or a couple of coworkers or whoever, you forget there's a big world out there.

We're going to get through this.

It's going to be okay.

And I think that perspective and feeling a little small is helpful.

Like one of the things I like about art and museums is it's like,

oh my God, 300 years ago, people were concerned about the same things.

They were concerned about war and losing a loved one and grieving, but they were also, they loved their pet and they wanted to remember this beautiful peach.

And I think just seeing that really helps me when I'm struggling to just step outside of myself and to sort of get that perspective that can be hard day to day.

I love this.

So I interviewed an awe researcher for this book who is incredible.

He researches awe as a way of being resilient.

You can describe it as something that moves you, that like forces you to accommodate a new way of thinking.

And he and I talked about like, that's like big awe.

That's standing in front of the Grand Canyon and feeling so moved and a little afraid.

But there's also little awe, which you can't experience the Grand Canyon every day.

Like those are going to be rare moments throughout your life.