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Yesterday, after finishing all my work in the office, I immediately went downstairs to hit my bed. I opened my laptop and started surfing the net. Then suddenly,  I received a text message from one of my friends. "Hey Kevin, where you at? Care to join the fun tonight?" It was eleven o'clock in the evening and that's the time that I started to receive some hang-out invitations. At first, I didn't really wanna go out. All I wanted was to relax and listen to Adele's songs. However, after 20 minutes, there I was, tossing some beer bottles with my close friends.

After two hours of liquor intoxication, we started to talk of life's blessings. One of my friends told us that she was already hired as a nurse in a hospital in Manila. One told us that they started building their house. And the other told us that she just had the best vacation ever. Oh well, I just remained silent. I kept on listening to what they were talking about.I didn't have something to brag. But the smile on my face was constant. While my friends were talking about how extravagant their lives were, I was also busy thinking of the free things that made my life happy and contented.

I listed some of the best things that I considered free.

1. Hugs. A hug is a physical intimacy that involves wrapping your arms around somebody's neck or waist. A hug is one way to express how you love and appreciate a person. And yes, it's free. But why do we hug? For various reasons, we hug because we love who we hug; we hug because we need comfort; we hug because we need to be understood; we hug for protection; we hug to ease the pain inside us, we hug to show how sorry we are; we hug to start an acquaintance and we hug to end everything.

2. Smiles. A smile is a facial expression formed by flexing the muscles found at both ends of the mouth. People buy expensive things to make their faces beautiful but they don't realize that a smile is an inexpensive way to change their looks. People worry about wrinkles but they don't realize that wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. We smile because it makes us attractive, it relieves stress, it boosts our immune system, it lifts the face and it will make us younger, it helps us stay positive, it changes our mood, and it is contagious.

3. Friends. Someone reiterated that a real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. A friend is a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard. Yes, friends are free. They do not require monetary unit for them to stay by your side. Some friends will eventually leave you but some will remain.  A friend who helps out when we are in trouble is a true friend—unlike others who disappear when trouble arises. Friends are one of the most important things in our lives. Unfortunately we have a few real friends. I have a lot of friends- girls and boys. It doesn't matter what they are. They have to be my real friends. He or she has to be good and reliable. It doesn't matter how he or she looks like. He or she has to be responsible and helpful. I think these people are one of the best people in the world. But we have to be good with our friends who haven't got character like this. Every man has features which he doesn't like. We shouldn't forget that we are people, too. I'm sure that if we are good with people we will have more and better friends.

4. Kisses. A kiss is the act of pressing one's lips against the lips or other body parts of another or of an object. Depending on the culture and context, a kiss can express sentiments of love, passion, affection, respect, greeting, friendship, and good luck, among many others. There are some reasons why people kiss and here are some. Kissing removes stress, it fights against tooth decay, it burns calories, it tones facial muscles, it enhances the immune system, it boosts our morale, it is a form of meditation and it induces emotional bonding.

5. Family. Exactly,  family is the first thing we have - and it's free. According to a saying that I read, "A family is a haven in a heartless world". Family is a place where you can be yourself. It is a place where you are accepted for what you are. This is where you are completely tension free and everyone is there to help you. Family encourages you when you are surrounded by problems. It helps you survive through tough times and bring joy and happiness into life. Family is very important part of our everyday life. It helps us in improving our personality. It also helps us in shaping our life. It teaches us the value of love, affection, care, truthfulness and self-confidence and provides us tools and suggestions which are necessary to get success in life.

6. Sleep. This is a free way to get total rest and relaxation. If you can't afford a complete Thai massage, just go to bed, relax, then sleep (totally free, I tell you). What are the benefits of sleeping? Sleeping helps repair our body by producing extra protein molecules. Also, sleeping relieves stress by lowering the blood pressure and elevated  levels of stress hormones. Next, sleeping improves our memory by letting the brain organizing and correlating memories. Another is that sleeping helps control body weight issues by regulating the hormones that affect and control our appetite.

7. Love. Love is an emotion of strong affection and personal attachment. It is also a virtue representing all human kindness, compassion and affection. Love is vague. It conquers all. It defines everything. I wouldn't make this part long because we all know it's nature and definition.

8. Laughter. They say that laughter is the best medicine. Laughter is not an over-the-counter drug nor a doctor prescribed one. Laughter is recommended by everyone to momentarily forget the bitterness of life or to celebrate what life has given us. We laugh because someone cracked a joke. We laugh because we perceive something funny. Whether it's the giggling of your child or the enthusiastic hollers of a talk show's studio audience, we hear laughter every day. Nothing could be more common. But just because it's common doesn't make laughter any less strange. The bottomline is, we laugh not because we respond to something funny but because we are simply happy.

9. Good memories. These are the treasures that no one can take away from you. They are called treasures but they are priceless. Barbara Streisand in one of her songs had this lyrics: "Memories, light the corners of my mind." Everytime we think of our good memories, we can't help but to smile and tell yourself how wonderful life is. Our memories is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are and things you don't wanna lose. And remember, we do not remember days, we remember moments.

After a quite time thinking of those best things in life, my cousin suddenly held my shoulders and shrugged them. "Hey cuz, what about you? What makes you happy right now?" I gave a simple smile and said, "All the best things in the world of course. I haven't spent any single cent but I have them all." I grabbed my bag and headed towards home.#

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