Spring Wonderment

Despite a recent freak snowstorm, spring is finally making itself noticed. As I watch nature begin to blossom all around me, I am reminded that this is the season of growth, renewal, and wonder. I think the universe is trying to tell me something: to really look at things – not just at how things are, but to wonder how things might be.

As I "wonder around," I'm freeing up my mind. I wonder if we're doing this or that in the best way possible. I wonder when this or that idea would work best. I wonder whether this employee would work well with that client. I wonder if my employees are as engaged as I think they are. I wonder if they wonder.

Merriam-Webster's defines the noun "wonder" as a "cause of astonishment or rapt attention or astonishment at something awesomely mysterious... or new to one's experience" and the verb "wonder" as "to be in a state of wonder, to feel surprise... to feel curiosity or doubt." My business is not exactly “awesomely mysterious” to me anymore. However, the combination of the intricacies of human interaction, changing client needs, and economic developments is a source of constant surprise, curiosity, and sometimes even doubt.

Wondering around is not an exercise in futility; it's an exercise in endless possibilities. As a "possibilities person," I find the concept of wondering around to be, well, wondrous.