Was it all a dream? The Knicks’ epic playoff run on top of the global love fest that is the World Cup, all on the heels of a mayoral campaign that leaned into the magic of New York.

For the last several months, New Yorkers were dapping each other up in the grocery, traveling to neighborhoods never before visited, getting chills watching Brazilian fans samba dancing to Tartan Army bagpipes, and nodding heads watching Shakira during the World Cup Final at … the library?

In likely and unlikely places across the city — bars, parks, museums, vacant lots, buses — New Yorkers came together and reported a feeling they couldn’t quite describe, something like awe.

“Awe is a lightning bolt that marks in memory those moments when the doors of perception are cleansed, and we see with startling clarity what is truly important in life,” says clinical psychologist David Elkins.

The awe we experienced impacted our minds and our bodies........

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