Today was a day to enjoy the talents I have developed. I had about 30 free minutes in between things, and got inspired to pick up my cello. I teach a small handful of students during the week, but outside of that, I really don't have any reason to practice or prepare to perform. But with just a bit of spare time, I did a rare thing and played a few songs for my girls and for my wife as she was making lunch.

In the evening, I did the something similar and took a few spare minutes to finish the gardening projects that I had started the day before.

Both experiences taught me that to enjoy small things you can do, you don't necessarily need to set a huge block of time out for them in order to really enjoy them. A few minutes in a day, if that's really all you have, is sufficient. What a relief that can be in my life and all of its many variables, to not have to really think about where to fit in two other things - they can simply be things to use to fill in the gaps with a little bit of joy.