i realized when i was young i cried a lot and this probably rooted from the fact that i empathized with my surroundings more as a kid–basically i felt more genuine and intense emotions. i would cry by listening to a song, seeing a beggar on the street, seeing a cut down tree, or even just old people being alone in public TT…i also easily enjoyed and was enthusiastic about simple pursuits. now i miss that feeling and cant help but to try and reinforce that “child” within me. one thing that does that for me is sitting on grass and observing and touching the tiny details in nature which i did a lot as a kid and started doing again because the university i went to was so embedded with nature it’s sort of like one big nature park and lying down on grass is so normalized.