Jaded

Some time ago, I read an article about E Prime as a linguistic tool and loved the idea -- simply delete the words 'to be' along with all its forms from your vocabulary. Don't categorise people or experiences. Try to say, "She practises law," instead of, "She is a lawyer." (Although I don't know how to convert, 'He is on his way to the market,' into E Prime.)
I find that the older I become, the more I tend to categorise and label everything I come across. The more I refuse to accept anything on an 'as is' basis, the less able I become to feel wonder in the way that a child does. The less capable of being able to marvel at anything around me I am, the more cynical I become. And that isn't what I want to be.