While my 6-year-old and I were listening to Modest Mouse’s Float On today, he looked at me and said, “You know why sometimes this song makes me cry a little bit?” His face was vulnerable, pained and sincere.

“Why?” I asked.

“Because it’s so pretty,” he said. “The sounds are so pretty that sometimes it makes me cry a little bit.”

When you find beauty in something, don’t be afraid to allow yourself to feel it with all of your heart. Sometimes it’s the smallest things that take our breath away. In a life full of moments, capture the ones that push you to the edge, the ones that make you cry just a little bit. Those are the ones worth savoring.

I said, “You know, sometimes songs that are really pretty make me cry a little bit, too.”

He smiled and started humming along with the tune.