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When Was the Last Time You Were Astonished? · The Daily Writer

• 0:06
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Daily Rider Podcast, where we bring you tips and inspiration each day to help you build habits for writing success.
• 0:14
  SPEAKER_00: For more resources, including your free Daily Rider Starter Kit, visit DailyRiderLife.com.
• 0:22
  SPEAKER_00: We live in a world where miraculous things happen every single day.
• 0:26
  SPEAKER_00: Of course, most of these things don't seem miraculous to us, they seem ordinary.
• 0:31
  SPEAKER_00: But it all depends on your perspective.
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_00: Seeing with your eyes seems ordinary to you, but to a blind person it's astonishing.
• 0:41
  SPEAKER_00: Taking a breath seems ordinary to you, but to a person on a ventilator, it's astonishing.
• 0:47
  SPEAKER_00: Walking down the street is ordinary to you, but to a paralyzed person, it's astonishing.
• 0:54
  SPEAKER_00: Talking to someone on a wireless phone may seem ordinary to you, but to somebody living in the 1800s, it would be astonishing.
• 1:02
  SPEAKER_00: Having the freedom to go to the store or to the gas station may seem ordinary to you, but to somebody in prison, it feels astonishing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Mary Oliver said, Instructions for living a life.
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  SPEAKER_00: Pay attention.
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  SPEAKER_00: Be astonished.
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  SPEAKER_00: Tell about it.
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  SPEAKER_00: As a writer, part of your job is to help others feel astonished, but you must first let yourself be astonished by the everyday miracles happening around you every moment.
• 1:32
  SPEAKER_00: Here's today's challenge.
• 1:34
  SPEAKER_00: Look around you and take in this moment.
• 1:36
  SPEAKER_00: Pay attention.
• 1:38
  SPEAKER_00: What astonishes you and how can you include that experience in your writing?
• 1:44
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• 2:22
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks for listening, and I'll see you next time.