One bright morning, Luna opened her window. Milo, her cat, hopped up beside her.
A breeze danced through the leaves, and wild king parrots called to one another — from her garden all the way to the deep green forest.
“Eep!” — “Eep!”
Frogs croaked, insects buzzed — a whole chorus rising with the light.
Luna loved listening, imagining the world singing together in time.
Luna sat on the grass amongst the sights, sounds, and smells of the morning. She closed her eyes and smiled.
The day felt and sounded like kindness.
Luna really loved listening to the morning songs of the world so much!
Her heart-shaped garden shimmered in the soft light. Butterflies, bees, and flowers, all humming quietly in their own way.
At school, Luna’s teacher, Mr. Orion, smiled.
“When things move together, they resonate!” he told the class.
He struck a tuning fork — ding! — and the tuning fork in his other hand began to sing too!
Luna’s eyes widened. “It’s like they’re singing together!”
In class, Luna noticed how everyone’s laughter filled the room like music. Every voice different, and yet somehow connected.
Mr. Orion wrote on the board:
"Resonance = Harmony = Love!"
Luna smiled with her heart.
At home, Luna and her father filled a bowl with water. He tapped the edge, and the surface rippled like tiny hills.
“Sound travels in waves,” he said. “Even though we can’t see it, everything that moves makes waves.”
Luna leaned in, eyes bright. The ripples met and danced like little circles crossing and rejoining.
Later, Luna tried a singing bowl. She gently tapped the bowl with a wooden wand striker and then circled the rim on the outside.
A magical shimmering note rose up, and the bowl’s ‘voice’ grew clear and strong.
Her Dad smiled. “That’s resonance. When the motion matches the bowl’s rhythm, the sound blossoms.”
Luna began to notice songs hiding everywhere! The whisper of clouds, the buzz of bees, even within the golden rays of sunlight!
She wondered if the Sun itself was singing, a song so deep and wide that only the Earth could hear it.
That evening, Luna and her father stepped outside beneath a soft, star-dusted sky.
“There are rhythms all around us,” her father said. “Even the Earth has its own steady heartbeat, known as the Schumann resonance.”
Just before bedtime, Luna sat by her window in the soft light of the full moon.
Milo curled up beside her, purring softly.
She gazed at the moonlight and remembered everything she’d learned about resonance. The tuning forks, the bowls, and the songs of wildlife all singing together.
As she drifted into dreams, Luna wondered if there were heart gardens made with other stars’ beautiful bright shining light too, in loving resonance of life everywhere!
“Maybe resonance is how everything in nature sings good morning and goodnight to each other — like a song inside EVERYTHING!”
A SunWolf Resonance Project
Photograph: “Eep”, a very friendly local male King Parrot.
Credits
Story by Ben Rowe
Illustrations & design by Ben Rowe and OpenAI