How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
The only things I notice around me are the good things—the mesmerizing tunes spilling out through the open door of the record store; the older man and the even older woman sitting on a park bench, sharing a blintz; the seven-year-old leaping from sidewalk square to sidewalk square, teetering and shifting to avoid stepping on a crack. (10.61)
Our internal circumstances color our perception of external circumstances. Our life experience creates the lens through which we see—it's a form of selective noticing.