Rachel Wilkerson Miller

But little awe might be just seeing a flower or seeing a falcon.

These moments that are not so transformative, but that they do pull you out of your own head

help you in the present moment, spark curiosity.

And one of the things that he was saying is that awe on its own is great, but the experience of talking about or experiencing awe with somebody else is even better.

So just you sharing this story right now is like a great way of connecting because now I'm learning something about you and like we can like sort of share in this together.

That's a perfect encapsulation of the sort of curiosity and moments that to me make up a nice life.

I think that's the big thing is that people actually welcome it.

And again, it's that moment of reaching out and sort of offering an opportunity for connection.

People are too afraid to ask for it.

And so you can give somebody the gift of going first.

The sharing involved in that I find so meaningful and uplifting and important.

Well, I've been reading a book the past week, essentially about the building I live in and the type of building I live in.

It's a former limited equity co-op, which is a very specific type of housing in New York City.

So I've been reading about the history of that and how this building and other ones like it were built.

So that is a very close to home experience.

version of it that was also inspired.

I live near the Tenement Museum.

So doing a tour there was really interesting and kind of the connection between all of these things.

So I would say I'm very curious about my neighborhood.

And it's been a pleasure to learn more about the place I live and to see the places I go or live mentioned in a book and to be able to read the history of it is really thrilling.