The Best of Life

Petting your dog when you’re upset.

Smelling burning leaves on a crisp autumn day.

Sharing a secret with your first friend in kindergarten, huddled up in a corner whispering like you’re planning a murder.

Remembering a joke no one else gets in your mind.

A cup of coffee warming your hands as you sit out in the morning mist.

A paintbrush staining clean paper with abstract figures of blue, copper, and purple.

Lying back in your mother’s lap as she combs your hair.

The crackle of a warm fire as the blizzard’s winds howl outside at midnight.

Being safely curled up inside with a book as the heavens cry their sorrows.

Smelling fresh smashed grass as you roll like a whip down a hill covered in it.

The pitter patter of your bare feet on sulphurous wet pavement as you skip and sashay
through a shower of raindrops.

The breathless wonder of running until you can’t breathe and collapsing to look up at the sky in amazement.

These are among the best feelings in life.

And though they may not be much;

At least we have them.

And as rare as they are;

That makes them even better.