I think the most amazing thing about being alive is just the ability to pay attention - the ability to be attentive, like I have this five-year-old son and I’ll be like looking at the whole world and then he’ll just be like, ‘dad, dad, look at this leaf! This is amazing!’ And it is really, it is really amazing, if you take the time to notice.

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