Problem: Write a paragraph on what your plan is for this essay. You have two choices for this essay. You can actually plan to do something that you know will inspire you and give you that feeling of awe, or you can write about something that you recently experienced that left you with awe. Remember, the reading defines awe as "...the feeling of being in the presence of something vast that transcends your understanding of the world" (Keltner qtd. in Reese). You can either decide to create and plan an experience, for example you might consider walking with a friend on the Inspiration Point trail in Tilden Park. Or you might have, in the next few weeks an actual experience of awe that you want to write about it. Here, I am thinking of the example pointed out by the author, Hope Reese, how witnessing extraordinary kindness or thoughtfulness can bring forth a feeling of awe. in that case, the situation is serendipitous, and would not be planned