In celebration of Canada rocking Women's Moguls during the Olympics this past week, my friend shared the latest Oreo "Wonderfilled" commercial on facebook: "Oreo Canada Wonderfilled Skiier 2014". It didn't take too long for me to start singing the jingle afterwards (it's so darn catchy). And being a sucker for catchy and cute cookie commercials, I decided to look up other Oreo "Wonderfilled" commercials on YouTube, finding several which I thought were just brilliant. There was one titled "Bedtime", that captured the playfulness of a daddy-daughter relationship (most appropriate for Father's Day), of which I immediately sent to my husband after envisioning our own daughter embracing the jingle and singing it to him with full fanfare. And then, I came across this one, which had one simple message: Dare to Wonder.
Earlier this winter, when the snow was just starting to fall, I remember dropping my daughter off at daycare. She noticed the snow lightly falling from the sky, and then made valiant attempts to catch every single snowflake she could see on her tongue. Whenever she would miss one (which happened often), she would be overtaken with glee, completely unfazed by how many snowflakes detoured away from her tongue. Often she would pause to carefully taste them, each time expecting one to taste different from the last; which was followed by a giggle or two, and then she would resume back to her business of catching snowflakes. It took us a little bit longer to make the short trek from the car to the school that morning, but I was in so much awe at her whole perspective of the world at that very moment. She sees this world with so much innocent curiosity, and takes much delight and awe in everything, that even the smallest things become a phenomenal discovery. Sometimes, I wish that I could still see the world through her eyes; treating every bright moment - regardless of how big or small - with so much anticipation, awe, and joy.
I sincerely hope she never loses that part of her - that immaculate sense of wonder and curiosity. And if she ever does (which she inevitably well could), I hope her zest for wonder and discovery lasts long enough for her to really appreciate and miss it when she's older.
What if we showed a different side of ourselves and dared to be more "wonderfilled" than we know? What if for even just one brief moment, we chose to forget about the troubles and doubts, and all things busy, and just step out of our comfort zones and show off all our "crazy flavours" (good crazy, of course)? The possibilities are quite endless, if you think about it.
Who knew so much profound inspiration could come from a cookie commercial?
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