the peace, the spaciousness of an unhurried afternoon, the quality of attention to small things.

I noticed many moments when people seemed to find real joy in the material world. Gazing at a favorite painting in an art museum or making a sandcastle at the beach, people smiled and laughed, lost in the moment. They smiled, too, at the peachy light of the sunset and at the shaggy dog with the yellow galoshes.

‘The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.’”