Losing Excitement For Small, Simple, Ordinary, And Basic Things Is The Biggest Loss In Life

During life's heaviest burdens and most challenging moments, we can easily lose touch with our precious inner child—that natural source of excitement and wonder.

Me sitting on a stone near the Yukon River in the winter wonderland of the Yukon. Photo by my tripod

The gradual loss of enthusiasm and wonder for life's most fundamental experiences — the simple things, ordinary moments, normal happenings, and basic joys that surround us daily — represents perhaps the most profound and tragic loss one can experience in …