"What in a day cheers you up? What provides balance when the news is negative, our to-do lists are long (and seemingly important) and life seems to be a series of tallies on what has been achieved? For me, it's marveling at nature when it walks by or even confronts me head on. Such an experience is like a present that brings with it a special lesson, or even a sense of excitement; and there is the realization that I have received a small gift on that day."