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Valerie Kaur writes: “ Wonder is where love begins.  The failure to wonder is the beginning of violence. [..] What if first contact in the Americas had been marked not by violence but by wonder?  [..]  Who we wonder about determines whose stories we hear and whose joy and pain we share.  Those we grieve with, those we sit with and weep with, are ultimately those we organize with and advocate for.”  The world needs our love, and when our love needs renewal, “wonder is the act that returns us to love.”