Last night I was volunteering at a church carnival where there were lots of kids running around with wide eyes and lots of smiles.  As I saw how they were marveling at the lights and sounds of games, rides and food booths.  The moment also made me remember how I felt when I was young and went to similar events.  This made me long for the ability to bottle certain feelings like this, where we could use this antidote for the tough days that we sometimes face and we could open up the container and take a spoonful of this great feeling.  When you see young children smiling from ear to ear and visually taking everything in as if it were the first time they saw any of this, it can bring a smile to anyone's face.  Although it may not have been the first time for some of these children at this type of an event, their appearance exemplified the contrary.    We could learn a lot from the way children look at the world.  At a young age, one has no bias or basis for judging anyone or anything other than for its merit.  The color of someone's skin or their personal background is irrelevant to a child who wants to play on a swing with someone else that can laugh along next to them.  Our ability as adults to not be tainted by life experiences and how we view things, makes it a bit more challenging.  However, we can certainly recall that looking at our surroundings with the innocence of a child's point of view is worth seeking to reclaim for ourselves once again.  The next time you are at a beach, park or admiring the flowers in your garden, remember to reach for that feeling that you felt as a child, when you saw all of this for the very first time.  The minute you close your eyes and smile at the amazement in front of you, is when you realize that the bottle of your childhood's fascination is still with you.