You know how children can get so much pleasure from little things? The shiny wings on a fly are irresistible. The sunlight twinkling through the leaves of a tree is mesmerizing. From the "whomp, whomp, whomp" of the helicopter overhead to the heady sweetness from the lavender vine, everything is just really interesting.
It's not just because things are new to them. Most adults will pause to take in a dramatic sunset regardless of the fact that they have seen hundreds or thousands of sunsets. What happens to adults is that we fill our heads with much mental chatter. Our attention is occupied by the constant barrage of worries and regrets, mostly serious and heavy, so that we don't really see the world around us.
Maybe this is what they meant in the bible ( I looked it up and the quote is from Mathew), "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven".


