Best things in life are free

They say it more often than ever: Everything comes with a price tag. Soon we will be charged for the air we breathe. Indeed. So it was with immerse joy that I came across something completely free of charge this morning.



On my way home from the supermarket, I noticed a mulberry (or Blackberry) on the ground. It is just one tiny mulberry. What’s so special about it? But it is strange for it to exist in the middle of nowhere, a rural passage with only speeding cars. There is no bus stop, no habitation, no pedestrian. I stopped my bicycle only to find a whole stretch of hedgerow by the side of the road. I looked closer and yes, they are mulberries alright. WOW. Grown in the wild, nourished by the nature. Just waiting to be picked. I bagged a handful carefully, trying not to be hurt by the thorns. Some of them are real big in size. The ripe ones disintegrated between my fingers. But most of them are just perfect for consumption. Today is the day. I was at the right place at the right time. How fortunate!


I am thankful, so thankful. Such luck doesn’t come by often to me. So, should I go again tomorrow? I need a kilogram of fruit to make mulberry jam.

The mulberries that I've picked today !