The Joy of Being

After a busy few months at work, I'm taking a break this week... and focussing simply on being. 

This morning I woke up early, with more energy than I've had for a while. Overnight, there had been a storm and, though it had passed, the sun had still to break through the ground-level clouds.

I stepped into my garden, and stopped awhile to take in a newly unfurled rose bloom; raindrops on the petals of the hydrangeas; a single wild strawberry - just about ripe enough to eat; an almost-perfect spider's web.

Thank you, God; thank you, Life, for simple pleasures - and for the joy of being present in the moment.