this is why i need to start meditating again

i'm currently rereading 'the way to love; the last meditations of anthony de mello' and it's because of the following passage. this paragraph turned my day around and made it bright again:

"Third, spend some time observing the things and people around you. Look, but really look, as if for the first time, at the face of a friend, a leaf, a tree, a bird in flight, the behavior and mannerisms of the people around you. Really see them and hopefully you will see them afresh as they are in themselves without the dulling, stupefying effect of your ideas and habits."

when i first read this book, this passage is what stayed with me. haunted me. and reminded to always see the world and everyone with fresh eyes, as if for the first time. of course, reading the book as a whole, slowly. is much better.