If presents bring less thrill now that we are grown up, perhaps
it is because we have too much already; or perhaps it is because we have
lost the fullness of the joy of giving, and with it the fullness of the
joy of receiving. Children's fears are poignant, their miseries are
acute, but they do not look too forward nor too far backward. Their joys
are clear and complete, because they have not yet learnt' always to add
'but' to every proposition. Perhaps we are too cautious, too anxious,
too sceptical. Perhaps some' of our cares would shrink if we thought
less about them and entered with more single minded enjoyment into the
happiness that come our way.
With reference to the passage, which one of the following statements
is correct?