Goodness is more clearly good, evil more blatantly evil. Silence is more golden. Danger is more risky. Health is the greater gift. Kindness is the better part of love.
Intimacy is more necessary.
Memories are more cherished. Decisions are less complicated. Simple choices can be made quickly with no emotional stakes in the consequences. Hard choices are easily made from the gut and generally without much forethought. It s as if my brain has categorized all of my experiences and ranked them according to their significance in order to make split-second comparisons without much effort.