The sunlit patch on the floor asks for nothing while improving the room.

Some good things arrive with no transaction attached. A patch of afternoon light costs nothing, needs no maintenance and makes a room better while asking for no attention in return, which is rare enough to be worth noticing. Most improvements come with upkeep or a price. This one simply appears and moves across the boards.

Find out when the light lands in your rooms and be there once this week. Put the chair, or the cat, or yourself in it for a few minutes. Free pleasures tend to be missed rather than refused, and noticing is the whole of what they ask.