Sometimes joy is easier to find with writing prompts.I love Lauri, and I love this book. It's just a funky journal for making lists, taking notes, drawing pictures, scribbling, celebrating gifts received, and unwrapping them on its pages.
This is what I did on the page that asked about favorite smells:
Because I paid very little attention in most of my science classes, I really have no idea about the physiology behind the sense of smell, nor the part of our brains where memory dwells. But I bet they are connected. The simple process of making a list of happy smells evoked in me an abundance of happy memories.
And honestly, I'm not quite sure why God created us with the capacity to smell, other than it pleased Him to do so, and He knew it would give us joy. Scripture tells us that Israel was given specific direction about how to make incense which, when burned, would produce a fragrant offering pleasing to the Lord. So I think taking time to drink in delicious smells reflects, in some way, the image of the One by whom we were created.
The gift I'm unwrapping today: The gift of smell.
How about you? What smells trip your happy trigger? Which ones instantly connect you to beautiful memories?
8 comments:
that sounds like such a fun journal:) it is crazy how one whiff can bring you back to childhood even. it's crazy.
i love smelling rain and woods and snow. and anything baking:)
Ah, the ocean! Takes me back to when I was a little girl seeing that vast amount of water with the wind whipping my hair and the sand under my feet. I'll always, always love the smell of being at the beach.
oh, smells are big triggers for me.
( although sadly the sense is fading... the kids tease it's because I used to use so much bleach)
Oooh... I love this! Nothing conjures up a memory more quickly than my smeller. ;)
i'm a sniffer, too, :) i love laundry detergent, men's deoderant (not the yucky kind), chocolate chip cookies, and freshly mown and fertilized grass. oh and the smell of the waterhose the first time it's turned on in the summer.
oh i meant to write thanks for your lovely comment over at my place when i lamented community. it saddens me so many of us have struggled at some point in this area, but i do have hope that he knows whether or not i need this lonely season. maybe it's a refining one, no?
Hooray for happy thoughts!!! My happy smells are some classics like salty sea air, warm spices, christmas trees and lavender...and some more obscure ones like drying hay, diesel exhaust, old firefighting bunker gear and smoke (guess it comes from growing up surrounded by fields and associating firefighting smells with my dad and doing what I love)
Thanks for the shout-out too!!!
I love what you did with the smells page!
I'm so glad Lauri wrote that, I like diesel exhaust too, and a lot of things people aren't supposed to like, like cigarette smoke and fixative and sawdust and paint. I think it's definitely connected to memory.
And I love what the comparison to incense, I never thought of that before.
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