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I remember waking up every Sunday morning, as excited as a child can be, to spend all day at a ranch we have in my city´s outskirts. Waking up early would not be so easy any other day, weather was never a problem, we would go even if was sunny, rainy, warm, cold, it did not matter at all. It was by far the best day of the week. I remember seeing my grandfather, just slowly walking by his beloved grapevines, letting time pass by, just thinking and watching. As a 7-year old I was not able to understand how could he spent so much time doing such a boring activity and sometimes, he would invite me to go and walk with him. Only a few times I went with him and not a word was said, we just walked looking at the magnificence of the clear sky, the mountains, the earth, and admiring how everything complemented each other to make a perfect balance. Every Sunday would go with the same routine, me and my cousins just playing all day long, swimming in the pool, enjoying our childhood. my parents and uncles barbequing the usual. But my grandpa, far from the noise, just admiring, the silent beauty of what he planted years ago. I did not get it at the time, due to my immaturity, but now I see it, maybe not the same way he used to but at least better than I did as a kid. Thinking back in time sometimes make you see things from another point of view. Unfortunately, I am never going to be able to learn that from my grandfather, but sometimes, the best lessons are those that are left unteached, they obligate us to learn it by our own merits. Valuable lessons I learned from him, but the one that has made more echo in my life and the one I live by every day, is that the very best things in life, are those given to us by nature. There is no greater gift than being able to breath clean air to your lungs, to feel the breeze touch your skin, to watch a beautiful sunset with your beloved ones, or to see a tree grow through the years. Those are the best gifts that we can receive. I could not see that as a kid, but thank you grandpa, I see it now.