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I'm reminded of when a friend of mine quit smoking. He said "OMG I can smell oranges and they taste amazing!". The "thrill" of smoking had dulled his finer senses to the point he wasn't able to enjoy oranges before quitting smoking.
I think life is like that too. If you're living the "thrill" all the time, you can't perceive or appreciate all kinds of smaller wonderful things around you happening in life.
A buddy of mine is a wine steward. He quit smoking and said "Holy shit I can taste wine again. I've just been making it up for years!"