Synesthesia
I hate pulling the "if I knew then what I know now" bit, but I need to. If I knew then what I know now, I would NOT rush life the way I did. Every minute was spent working towards the next, anticipating the next, hoping for a better next...I don't think I stopped to smell the roses EVER and just enjoyed the moment I was in.
The reason I bring this up tonight is because I bought new face cleanser (ok, it's not new-new, it's Noxema, and I haven't used it in a while). So as I'm washing my face, the scent triggers a memory flashback overload kinda sense and my mind started whirling. It took me back to the Portage Pointe days (all the good and the bad). It warped me back to Deer Run. It made me get a crazy nostalgic feeling that made me miss the old days.
I love where I am today, don't get me wrong, but sometimes getting mentally-thrown back in time makes me a little sad. It just amazes me how long ago college feels. How long ago turning 21 feels. Hell, how long ago a year ago feels. It's just mind blowing!
Synesthesia has got to be one of the wackiest and craziest things ever. I mean really, just how 1 simple scent can make you remember so much. It happens with songs too. I'll hear something and instantly, I feel the way I did when that song was most prominent in my life. Insanity.
Life is indeed a crazy thing. It's a good thing that it keeps on going. So I guess it's a good time to take my own medicine and remind myself that I need to enjoy everyday for what it is in this moment, because in the blink of an eye, it's in the past, and I'll never be able to get it back.
The reason I bring this up tonight is because I bought new face cleanser (ok, it's not new-new, it's Noxema, and I haven't used it in a while). So as I'm washing my face, the scent triggers a memory flashback overload kinda sense and my mind started whirling. It took me back to the Portage Pointe days (all the good and the bad). It warped me back to Deer Run. It made me get a crazy nostalgic feeling that made me miss the old days.
I love where I am today, don't get me wrong, but sometimes getting mentally-thrown back in time makes me a little sad. It just amazes me how long ago college feels. How long ago turning 21 feels. Hell, how long ago a year ago feels. It's just mind blowing!
Synesthesia has got to be one of the wackiest and craziest things ever. I mean really, just how 1 simple scent can make you remember so much. It happens with songs too. I'll hear something and instantly, I feel the way I did when that song was most prominent in my life. Insanity.
Life is indeed a crazy thing. It's a good thing that it keeps on going. So I guess it's a good time to take my own medicine and remind myself that I need to enjoy everyday for what it is in this moment, because in the blink of an eye, it's in the past, and I'll never be able to get it back.
posted by Ill-Fated Butterfly at 10:51 PM
1 Comments:
Another way you could think of it, is how fortunate you are to have those triggered memories, and how you're going to make still more of them! :)
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