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What children's joy in simple games teaches adults

I taught my six-year-old granddaughter to play Go Fish and watching her pure joy at something so simple made me realize how complicated I've made everything else in my life.

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Children's capacity for delight in small things illuminates how much complexity we've mistaken for sophistication.

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