Simple Pleasures

Remember being on a swing, closing your eyes, and pumping so hard and fast you could feel the wind whip across your face?

Remember lying awake and hearing crickets chirping and bullfrogs croaking in the otherwise quiet night?

Remember the glow of the campfire and watching marshmallows melt or burn as you held a long stick over the burning embers?

Remember sitting outside on a clear night, looking at stars or the moon so bright?

Remember the fresh, sweet smell of the grass just mown or a flower newly bloomed?

Remember seeing beautiful rainbows, sometimes even double ones, on an otherwise dreary, wet day?

Things we experienced as a child yet often repeated as young adults and “mature” adults.  Touches, sounds, sights and smells still available to us if we take the time to enjoy these simple pleasures.

(Written in 2011)