Anne Lamott:

When we are stunned to the place beyond words, we're finally starting to get somewhere ... When we are stunned to the place beyond words, when an aspect of life takes us away from being able to chip away at something until it's down to a manageable size and then to file it nicely away, when all we can say in response is "Wow," that's a prayer.

Help, Thanks, Wow, p. 73