I woke up this morning to nothing. Yet, really something. The usual aches and pains of old age were missing. The Somatic energies, held in my body from past trials, were noticeably absent; I felt refreshed and surprised by this. These annoyances in my body have been present on a daily basis for several years, occasionally rising and falling in intensity but never really absent.

Confused, I sat with my morning coffee, in a state of curiosity pondering this sudden change. Why?, I wondered, had this suddenly occurred. The self-investigator also quickly vanished after a moment or two as I basked in the sunlight pouring in, spreading across the dining table where I sat as I gazed out at the trees in the ravine behind my yard.

An email arrived with interesting news; an obligation for today had been cancelled. There was no need to rush to go out. No one demanding my time or anything else for that matter. What an unexpected blessing!

In the quiet, the clock on the wall ticked on and the question arose about filling the day with alternative “busy work”, which was quickly displaced with an almost imperceptible “Why?” Indeed, why? The kitchen floor needed a scrub, the laundry basket overflowed but, I had already made my bed, washed the breakfast dishes and was dressed for whatever lay ahead for the day and, it was only 8 am.

I wandered to my spare room and tended to the soon-to-be seedlings; adjusted the light and misted the soil. Twenty minutes of reading was a bit of a distraction but, I couldn’t escape the thought that this nothing day could be something. A day of freedom from schedules, manic-compulsions, indulging addictions in order as avoidance tactics and the ultimate bliss of no deadlines. A day to just “be”.

A day to appreciate that which surrounds me; the quiet, the inner peace and the ease and comfort of enjoying a connection to something outside myself…bigger and better. A holy day doesn’t have to be a Sunday in order to be enjoyed as Sabbath. Things unplanned and unexpected can be a delight even if we are part of the “daily grind”, provided they are acknowledged and appreciated.

Today will be a day of thanks to God, for blessings, for Graces and for the realization that each day can be a wonder of it’s own. Nothing can be really Something.