Gifts of the moment - Your True Nature

Natural Health, March, 2004

WHEN DID YOU LAST TRACE the grain in a piece of wood, sing a song, or just hold someone's hand? Simple pleasure are anywhere you can direct your senses. There are countless moments--if you choose to notice them--that can nurture and sustain you.

So stop and smell the rose, but don't leave it there. Wrap yourself in the warmth of family and old flannel. Delight in the feeling of clean water and cool stone against your skin. Play in the grass. Read.

Why wait to be laid low by illness before allowing yourself the gratification of vibrant flowers, rich soups, scented baths or an extra hour or two in bed? Enjoying these gifts of life on a regular basis will help keep you in good health--which is the ultimate simple pleasure.