Awe-some

As in, full of awe.

Today I was attending a lecture by Stuart Kauffman, one of the rare scientists who, even though he doesn't believe in God, finds the Sacred in his field and in the world. He spoke of evolution and biological emergence with such contagious wonder that I swear at one point he ceased to lecture and began to preach. Here's a sentence that struck me with it's pure sense of awe:

"All that's happened the last 5,000 years is that the sun's been shining, and yet here we are, having this conversation."

Here we are indeed. Wonder-full.