Astonish (v): to surprise or impress someone greatly.

• Someone letting another person go in front of them in the grocery store because they have fewer items
• A homeless man picking up trash in the park where he sleeps.
• Anyone who lets me into traffic when they don’t have to.
• A beautiful sunshiny day.
• Finishing up my daily writing, realizing that something really cool came out of someone like me.
• Sitting in a room with friends and watching them laugh and feeling a part of it.
• A really good meal that came out of nowhere from what looked like a broken-down diner.
• Discovering in the check-out line that the item you purchased is further reduced in price.
• Reaching into an old jacket pocket and finding $20.
• Saying a prayer and actually feeling better.
• Barely escaping being hit by an eighteen-wheeler.
• Driving through the desert at the end of the day, peering at a beautiful sunset.
• Going to bed with some aches and pains, to wake up in the morning with them amazingly gone.
• Reaching the end of the month and having a few dollars left in your bank account after all the bills are paid.
• Having someone compliment you on how well-behaved your children are.
• Coming home and discovering that your kids have actually cleaned their room.
• Having a very tiring day and then the dog comes in and licks your hand.
• Wondering how you’re going to spend an evening and discovering an old movie you really love is just coming on TV.
• Overwhelmed by the notion that someone who has known you for twenty years still loves you.
• Reaching your latest birthday and feeling younger than older.
• Knowing that you’re not alone, but you belong.

These are some astonishing things that should always be viewed with great astonishment.

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