I was in a favorite stationary store the other day and I was stopped in my tracks by this strangely familiar fragrance that demanded my being to notice. I looked up at the lady assisting me and I said enthusiastically, "what is this phenomenal fragrance?A candle or what??!!" My mind honestly hadn't calculated this fragrance but my senses were moved in an instant as if a part so deep within me was awoken as from a deep slumber or hibernation. She smiled and held back her chuckle there they were literally right under my nose a vase with fresh cut gardenias from one of the woman's yard that worked there! I shreaked with excitement as I realized I hadn't noticed mine yet and I gasped and proudly told her I too had these beloved wonders in my yard! As I knelt down on the ground in my backyard, inhaling my freshly cut gardenias I breathed in so deep I felt as if my lungs might burst. These fragrant flowers are my favorite. The bewitching fragrance takes my heart captive as in a moment I see my Daughter at the age of two at her first ballet recital with these in her hair and every year after. Even after quitting ballet we will have them in our hair. They are placed throughout our Home in hopes to fill our dwelling as enchanting as they are outside. My eyes fill with tears as I share with my Daughter all these beauties contain. Explaining to her they are simply equisite flowers all on their own but the mere fact they grow in her backyard and have graced our hair and various spots around our Home since she can remember is what brings them their true value. She takes one as she inhales deeply as her heart is unlocked and the dreams and heartfelt verbage flows freely. We giggled and girl talked about her wedding day and perhaps mine too someday, again. Vowing this would be our chosen flower somehow, somewhere if not everywhere. My prayer is long after I am gone as we saw Princess Diana's son pick her beloved favorite flower that grew in their yard of forget me nots; to put in his bride's bouquet. May this be ever true with my Daughter. You see, these things that often are the most valuable in the end never cost us a penny they were felt and laced intertwined within our very souls. I must concur with Barbara Streisand who was quoted as saying and one of my favorite quotes, "I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avacado or the smell of a gardenia."
Our senses are gifts so far greater than our minds can possibly perceive. It is as if they shoot straight to our Heart and Soul as the mind falls captive to them. Our thoughts are instantly flooded with moments within our lives when our senses are heightened and our mere moments became indescribable. When I was married and my Daughter was young, I started a tradition when her Father was out of town. I would have her sleep in one of her Father's tshirts even when she was so tiny they swallowed her whole. We would spray some of his cologne on the shirt and I told her it was as he was hugging her all night long and although he was away it would help him seem much closer. She still loves to sleep in his tshirts to this day from time to time. When things that are merely tangible such as a tshirt or a beautiful fragrant flower are fueled with our hearts and soul they become indescribable.
Indescribable is defined as not describable; too extraordinary for description. Wow! Think of moments you missed just even today on Monday. Did you exert your being to make it Magically dream worthy or hold back, give up or not even try as to have it ordinary or Mondane? The Wonderment of Life is living a life that is indescribably you. Understanding that just what makes me tick is oddly different from anyone else around me. We will glean from one another throughout our journeys. Glean not only means to pick up what someone has left behind moreover it means to learn, discover, or find out, usually little by little or slowly. This is so incredibly beautiful to me. You have within your makeup exactly what someone else is craving to fuel their very beings. One of our favorite hotels we like to stay in has a signature perfumed candle one specific to each location. New Orleans has my beloved Gardenia fragrance. When I walk in I feel like one of those cartoon characters that has been lifted off my feet as they are curled behind me like the swooning of a phenomenal kiss and that foot kicks up. Drawing me with its spellbounding hypnotic aroma that transcends my very being taking me to a place that my deepest core is set free.
I chose this song not only because I love it but the video brought me to tears as I watched it with my Daughter. She was studying in another room and came squealing into my room singing and dancing to it. When I would look at her she would redirect me to the video and said, "Mom, you are going to love this." She was right I was moved beyond words. We all can give of ourselves. May we live in such a manner that others are left better by us being around them; than that as before we encountered them. This is the Wonderment of Life. xo
