We need to find our way back to this kind of attentive joy. I think photographing helps as it makes you really pay attention to the beauty of what you're seeing. A kind of 'wow' moment.
And we all have a little kid inside us don't we... We just often supress it.
My grandson Ned seeing the ocean last week and shouting WAAAAVVVEES is exactly like me when I go to the beach, except I'm squealing on the inside.