Gifts that cost no money

This is building a bit further on a message I posted a few days ago or perhaps more like summarizing it (in only 17 lines, below 😀).

Peace is one of these fantastic gifts: peace of the early night or the morning: all we have to do is think about it, let it in and be fully aware of it and enjoy it. We may have to clear our busy mind a bit of all the clutter that worried or angered us earlier in the day, but peace is a great gift, easy to experience

Beauty is number two. It may require a bit more action than peace: we have to actively look for it or listen for it. Still, with a minor effort, we will enjoy it and our life becomes a bit more beautiful. Just take the time to look up at the skies, the trees, the flowers.

Love is another gift. It sits in our heart but to fully enjoy it, we have to give it truly away. The gift of love keeps flowing: the more we give away, the more flows back in. Giving love, even if no love comes back to us, is pure joy. But it is almost impossible to give away love without receiving any back. To turn a smile on someone's face...

And the fourth one is creativity. For this, we have to listen to our heart and our deepest passion let it boil over and express in a nice and original way. Perhaps a bit more difficult than enjoying peace, beauty or love, but it is surely worth it, to make some extra efforts. RW Emerson wrote: a man is only half himself and the other half is his expression (Link). I agree quite a bit with that. We truly need to express ourselves and if we manage to inspire even only one other person, it is a true source of joy.

A small rhyming poem on the topic: 

Isn’t it always fun and pleasant

To receive a wonderful present

Wrapped in paper and ribbons of gold

A gift of value and beauty untold

Unexpected or on a special event

Received from a brother or friend

Surely happy feelings will be there.

But what if the gift is floating in air?

Everyday we get such gifts for free

Think just about all the beauty we see

The peace we find at dawn in our room

The song of a bird, a marvellous tune

There is so much in nature to be adored

Which gets all too often simply ignored

So is also the love that sits in our heart

And the creativity, our sense for art.

The love sits in our heart; be always aware:

It is replenished no matter how much we share

Sharing love, the greatest gift we get from God

But all too often we appreciate it not.

Creativity another gift from above

As valuable for our character as love.

Using our talents as well as we can

for helping any other woman or man

Most of the gifts of nature are always there

We just need to open our heart and let it in

Love and creativity in abundance to share

So let’s all be aware and live a life from within

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You may enjoy also:
Beautiful skies: https://hansvro.wixsite.com/mysite-1/skies-seen-by-hans
Beautiful flowers: https://hansvro.wixsite.com/flowersbyhans
Beautiful poems: https://aufiezophypoems.blogspot.com/

Beautiful inspirational quotes:  https://quotesfromhans.blogspot.com/
Essays about good things: https://abcofvirtues.blogspot.com/

A fantastic short story: https://afishwithawish.blogspot.com/2020/08/a-fish-with-wish-whole-story.html