Weekend Ritual
A ritual I've gotten into lately is spending an hour or so outside just milling about and generally doing nothing. It just feels good to feel the sun on my skin, the wind blowing against me, the earth beneath my bare feet, watching trees sway in the wind, seeing nature just go about her business. It started because I would tend to my compost heap on Saturdays. After I would put some food scraps in the heap, gather up some stray leaves, rotate and water it, I would just enjoy being outside and wouldn't want to leave. Since then I've learned that vitamin D is a powerful vitamin to have in your body -- I mean like anti-cancer powerful -- and of course gets most of it from the sun hitting the skin. The sun's even good for your eyes. I just love how you can go by what feels good to determine how to live your life.
Of course the other benefit I get from this hour I spend outside is a chance to center myself and put the week's events into perspective. Not really doing much of anything in an environment that's intensely pleasurable for me allows my mind to wander. Existing problems don't seem so important or insurmountable. New solutions and perspectives spring to mind. It's great.