When I was 10 years old $10 was awesome. I could buy basically whatever I wanted in my world at that time.

Now that I am older, $10 is still cool but it's not as cool. 

I think that emotions are similar: After we have experienced the intensity of high emotions, fatigue and calibration for what is "important" can cause us to minimize smaller experiences due to there being less intensity.

Tuning into the smaller emotions is the first step to being able to appreciate the small emotions throughout the day. You cannot appreciate something that you don't know about.

Not feeling any emotions is when we dismiss the nudges, prompts, and pings of emotions experienced throughout the day. Ignoring small emotions by not exploring them, looking into them, or processing them is the error of bigger is more important (or intense emotions are the only ones I will pay attention to).

Can you tune into the nudges, prompts, and pings you are experiencing? Try looking into what your body feels like inside when you are at work or relaxing versus when you are with a loved one. Emotions are inside you. Soak them up, understand them and share them. This practice will lead to you appreciating them.

Too Long/Didn't Read: Emotions are big and small; sometimes we ignore small emotions because they are not intense. Bigger is not always more important.

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