When Ricky Gervais was eight years old, he woke up every day going:
Wow! I’m alive! Yes! I’ve got to eat! I’ve got to take a clock apart to see how that works! There’s an ant! I’m going to follow that ant! Let’s go to the library! What, sausages? Oh my god, I can’t believe my luck!
We could still retain this sense of awe and wonder at life as adults — but so few of us do.
We’re too lost in circling thoughts, remembering the past or worrying about the future, to notice the many magical things going on around us. We’re too focused on counting all the things we don’t have yet, to notice the beauty, love and abundance that is already ours.
