9 Minutes of Wonder with Betsy Hedberg

The birds are migrating again as they’ve done for eons — look up and around, and listen! – 9 Minutes of Wonder

Few natural phenomena are as magical and mysterious as bird migrations. I wish I had more than nine minutes, but I'll give you just a taste of why migrating birds are so cool. 

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Ice is nature’s exquisite abstract art (but it doesn’t belong in winter drinks!) – 9 Minutes of Wonder

OK, I'm posting this a little late considering it's April. But maybe it's still cold where you live (sorry), or maybe you can relax about all the ice you don't need to see again for many months, except in your drinks.

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The world is so noisy! Even if we live in relatively quiet places, we are bombarded by noise thanks to all the pinging on our phones, the din of terrible news, demands from coworkers...the list can seem endless. So let's focus on the more quiet side of life. 
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Beethoven original score

If you need to be uplifted, how about listening to some beautiful music and learning why it’s awe-inspiring? Awe scientist Dacher Keltner lists music as one of the “eight wonders of life,” and it's an essential and universal part of being human. 9minutesofwonder.com/can-music-ma...

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Thanks for this uplifting message and poem. We somehow have to find those places of love despite all the bad shit going on, or we will shrivel. "How it doesn’t erase anger and fear,
rather seeds itself somehow inside it."

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Love Relentlessly A new poem, something to do today, and a note to Canada and Mexico

They promised shocked and awe.

I confess - it has been shocking.

But awe? NOPE. What is happening disgusts me.

I'm only awed by LOVE, not brutality.

#LoveRelentlessly

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It's obviously a crazy stressful time, and most people I know in and out of the US are not feeling great about things. I hope my 9 Minutes of Wonder podcast can at least provide a brief distraction. 9minutesofwonder.com

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