When was the last time you said, “Wow!”—not because of a promotion, a big win, or a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but because of something small and quietly beautiful?
Maybe it was the way sunlight hit your coffee cup just right.
Maybe it was your child’s laugh echoing in the hallway.
Maybe it was the smell of rain on warm pavement.
Or maybe… it’s been a while.
Somewhere along the way, adulthood trained us to raise the bar for joy. We replaced wonder with productivity, awe with efficiency. We stopped clapping for the ordinary.
As kids, everything was magic—bubbles, bugs, the moon.
Now, we scroll past sunsets and silence our curiosity with deadlines. We only cheer when something is “worth it.” But what if we’ve been missing what’s most worth it?
Here’s a quiet truth:
Happiness doesn’t always arrive with fireworks.
Sometimes, it tiptoes in through the cracks of a normal day.
What if we started celebrating the small stuff again?
What if we slowed down just enough to be impressed by the ordinary?
So here’s your challenge:
What moment this week made you want to clap your hands?
And if you can’t think of one… maybe that’s the real question.
Let’s start noticing again.
Let’s bring “Wow” back into our vocabulary.
Let’s rediscover the joy in what’s already here.
Because maybe wonder isn’t something we grow out of.
Maybe it’s something we grow back into!
Kenrick Vaz 