Several of you - including Scarlet, who gave me these words for my meme, as well as Joey, Grannie Annie and Fireblossom, among others (and if I forgot you, don't be mad, it's tired me here) - have posted about this meme. Someone gives you five words and you muse about them...or something like that.
Here are my five:
Aphrodisiac
Words are my biggest aphrodisiac. That and a British accent (before I met Mr. RK, anyway.)
Aroma
Scents have always been linked to memories for me. No matter how long it has been since I have seen or thought of someone, if I smell a lotion, cologne, perfume, or other scent that I have associated with them, memories will come back.
Inspiration
The people who have been the biggest inspiration in my life, I just realized, have all been social activists of one kind or another: social workers, nonprofit workers, pastors.
Beauty
Beauty really is on the inside. People with ugly personalities become really ugly to me.
Speaking of beauty, I finished a friend's manuscript last night, and a line from the last page really grabbed me and made me read it again:
Life is not perfect, but there are perfect moments, complete in themselves, requiring nothing more, for more would be too much, and less would be too little.
Paz
I will fight like a mama bear if I think someone I love is being treated unfairly, but I am a peaceful person at heart (this means "peace" in Spanish.) I fantasize about world peace. I wish we could somehow eliminate greed, because I think we'd eliminate about 99% of the world's problems that way.
12 comments:
well stated
Wow, that quote under "Beauty," is amazing! I'm jotting that one down as I can relate to it all too well. I thought back to what my life was like a few years ago, when it was so bad I was compartmentalizing like you wouldn't believe, and still I had some of the most wonderful, memorable moments in the midst of it all.
Paz is a dream we all share.
Great job, RK! :)
I fantasize about world peace, too, RK. We can hope. Great musings...
I became an Anglophobe this year. I'm hoping the French will just go ahead and sink the entire island.
(Oops. That's not a very peaceful thought, is it! Shame on me.)
Isn't it funny how a certain aroma can
wake up your memories ?
:)
I like your views on beauty and aroma. It is amazing how a particular odour can bring back memories (just like, I'm always reminded of my x-g'friend whenever I get the smell of clove). And beauty. Yes. I agree 100% with you when you say that it is something that comes from inside and not skin deep!
Thanks for the mention. :) You are cool about giving credit to other bloggers, RK. :)
Great list again. I agree with a great deal that you've said too. Is that a first?! :D
Wow, I love each and every one of them.
I like that Inpiration and yes, certain aroma (food), scent (perfume) do bring back fond memories to me too :)
"Life is not perfect, but there are perfect moments, complete in themselves, requiring nothing more, for more would be too much, and less would be too little." - lots to contemplate with this quote.
Thanks everybody!
Great meme. I agree with you on the aroma one and you're friend's quote is perfect!
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