Every single morning you are presented the opportunity to give yourself a good moment. In fact, if you want... you can have an entire day filled with them, it really is up to you.

The mornings are different out here in the sticks. Slower, and somehow more meaningful. Perhaps it is the silence or maybe it is just that the air if filled with a calmer energy in general.

I find myself savouring the mornings a whole lot more now - and this does not mean that they have no purpose or direction, not at all - in fact, the opposite really. It is just that routine seems to hold more substance - more good moments.

Even hanging the laundry is no longer just this mundane daily exercise, because the trip to the washing line presents me with beauty in every direction, I am greeted by tortoises, rabbits, birds and so many beautiful sounds.

The good moments are always there, because they can be anything really. It could be simply appreciating the fact that you were blessed with life today, a hug from your child or a simple glance out of the window at a beautiful view. All it takes really is for us to pay attention to the good moments.

And no, it is not an act of selfishness to be good to yourself - you deserve it and it actually fills you with a richness which will ultimately spill over into the lives of others.

“It was a breezy rainy day. As the breathful afternoon melted away into a warm evening, the cold caress of fresh air lapped up my heart with images of forever's smile. I watched and watched how a little boy walked hand in hand with his mother, how an old man sat waiting for someone in a distant shelter, how a youthful love sparkled away in that gentle embrace of moments in making, how an old lady watched the children laughing away in a happy carousel, how a noisy afternoon throbbed through clutching silences, how the sky sailed along a bunch of stories never to share, an untold harmony of unsung moments. And as the rain smoothed its wings to a lulling breeze, I saw a day smiling with moments of forever's shine. It was a breezy rainy day, and one of the most beautiful days of my wandering heart.”
― Debatrayee Banerjee