IF ONLY

If 
Only 
“If I had 
influence with the 
good  fairy , who  is
 supposed  to  preside 
over the christening of all
 children , I should ask that
 her  gift to each child in the
 world be a sense of wonder 
so   indestructible   that   it 
would last throughout life, 
as an unfailing antidote 
against the  boredom 
and disenchantment 
of later years, the 
sterile preoccupation
 with things artificial, and the alienation 
from   the  sources  of   our   strength.” 

~ Rachel Carson, 
The Sense of Wonder