Power

Nature has always been one source of wonder for me.  I'm sure you've all been hearing and seeing the news on the massive earthquake that hit Japan a few days ago.  The deaths and devastation are tragic and my prayers are with all of the people who are affected by it.  I cannot help but find such events of nature fascinating, however.  Even my plans for life revolve around living at the mercy of nature (God is probably laughing right now and thinking I'm silly for trying to plan my life).  I've always wanted to live up north in like Alaska at the mercy of blizzards and extreme temperatures and such--and not worry about it.  Not worry because you have what you need to get around (dog sleds and snow mobiles, not cars) and survive.  You adapt to what nature throws at you.  You live in the middle of it and you live with it.  To me, that would be a life constantly reminding you that God is in control.  It would constantly remind you of how small you are and how great and powerful God is.  It would inspire awe at His power and beauty, which we see reflected in nature.  It would inspire wonder.    

"In contact with nature, a person rediscovers his correct dimension, rediscovers himself as a creature, small but at the same time unique, with a "capacity for God" because interiorly he is open to the Infinite." ~Pope Benedict XVI