The best things in life are free. How might I savor them more?

I am learning to appreciate basic self care again. We all have the health that we have, but we can be glad for as much health as we have, and have habits to nurture our physical and emotional health. Even though it was so hot yesterday, I went for a long walk, and felt better for it, and slept better last night than I have been. It is a “best thing” because when you don’t have good sleep, life is certainly harder. Many things are like that – we can take things for granted until we don’t have it, but when it returns, then we feel how important it is.

This morning I woke rested and my husband and I talked in the pre-dawn light, just enjoying each other’s thoughts and company.

I enjoy things like creating a garden with plant divisions from friends and seeds saved from last year’s plants, and I love making crafts from materials that would otherwise go into the trash or recycling. I enjoy baking good bread and improving my skills at it. Yes, flour isn’t free but it’s cheaper than bread and it is the doing that is what makes it “best.”
I like learning and reading, too. I think it is the effort of making things, working, challenging myself, that makes it all worth while.

Creating music is another wonderful thing that is free, and sharing that music makes it two best things.

It is like I’m learning how to live again, how to savor the freedom to choose how I go about my day. If I work, I can work and not care, or I can care and make it special. I can walk past nature because that is where the path is, or I can notice life along the way. We saw a hummingbird out our window this morning, feeding on the trumpet vine!. It can be the same path, but very different experiences if we notice good things along the way.

And the people here are “the best things,” too. Good morning, everyone! 🙂