How would you like to enjoy the best things in life for free?  If you take a moment to think about it, maybe you already are? 

     This past Thursday, I was the Toastmaster at our Toastmasters International club meeting of the Talking Heads Club #761.  The theme of the meeting was, “Simple Pleasures.”  In between speeches, I talked about various simple pleasures that life gives us, which are the little satisfying things that you always take great pleasure in.  For some members, simple pleasures meant walking hand in hand with the one you love.  For another, it was waking up on a Saturday morning, knowing that you didn’t have to go into work that day.

     For me, I have many simple pleasures in which I delight in life that are free.  One is looking at pictures in a scrapbook and reminiscing of good times past.  Another is seeing the winter’s first white snowfall on a bright moonlit night.  Or what about being in a nice, warm bed at night, listening to the rain go pitter patter on the roof from a thunderstorm outside?  I also get simple pleasures from watching my daughter’s excitement when she opens her presents on Christmas Day. 

     Life gives us so many simple pleasures and blessings for which we can be thankful every day that all we need to do is identify them and reflect.  What is stopping you from enjoying the simple things that life has to offer you today?